| OT BOOK | Probable Date | Important Events/Author | World Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | Written ~1250-1200 B.C. | Moses(???) | |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | Creation of World | "Big Bang" |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | Creation <Adam,Eve> | "Mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosome Adam" (70000 B.C.???) |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | Fall. Covenant - Promise of Savior (Gen3:15) to woman's (Mary) seed <Seth> | Egypt, Great Pyramids 2685 B.C. |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | <Noah> and Covenant (no more floods) | |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | <Shem> | |
| Genesis | >2000 B.C. | Babel | |
| Genesis | ~1950 B.C. | Abram's Call, name change to <Abraham,Sara>, Covenant of land, numerous offspring and blessing to the world | Egypt |
| Genesis | ~1950 B.C. | Melchizedek Blesses <Abraham,Sara> | |
| Genesis | ~1950 B.C. | <Abraham's> Call renewed | |
| Genesis | ~1950 B.C. | Sodom and Gomorrah | |
| Genesis | ~1900 B.C. | Ishmael and <Isaac,Rebecca> | |
| Genesis | ~1900 B.C. | Binding of Isaac and Covenant (land, kingdom, worldwide blessing) | |
| Genesis | ~1800 B.C. | Esau [Edom] <Jacob> [Israel] | |
| Genesis | ~1800 B.C. | <Jacob,Rachel> steals blessing, wrestles with God | |
| Genesis | ~1750 B.C. | Joseph sold into slavery | Code of Hammurabi 1760 B.C. |
| Genesis | ~1750 B.C. | Jacob [Israel] moves to Egypt. Sons are Reuben, Simeon, Levi,<Juda>, Zebulon, Issachar, Dan, Napthali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, Benjamin | Egypt |
| Genesis | ~1700 B.C. | <Perez> by Tamar (Juda's daugher-in-law) | |
| Exodus | Written ~1250-1200 B.C. | Moses(???) | |
| Exodus | ~1600 B.C. | Slavary in Egypt. 400 years till 1300 | |
| Exodus | ~1540 B.C. | <Hezron> | |
| Exodus | ~1500 B.C. | <Ram> | First Cities in China |
| Exodus | ~1450 B.C. | <Amminadab> | First written Greek |
| Exodus | ~1400 B.C. | <Nashon> | |
| Exodus | ~1300 B.C. | Egyption building projects under Seth I and Rameses II | |
| Exodus | ~1250 B.C. | Moses, burning bush, ten plagues, Exodus passover, Red Sea, Manna, Covenant (10 commandments), golden calf | Egypt and Ramses |
| Leviticus | Written ~1250-1200 B.C. | Moses(???) | |
| Leviticus | ~1250-1200 B.C. | Description of Levitical Priesthood and dietary laws, Tabernacle | |
| Numbers | Written ~1250-1200 B.C. | Moses(???) | |
| Numbers | ~1250 B.C. | Census (twice), Wandering in wilderness for 40yrs, Balaam, water from the rock | |
| Deuteronomy | Written ~1250-1200 B.C. | Moses(???) | |
| Deuteronomy | ~1250 B.C. | Desert wanderings, second law, Jewish worship defined, Death of Moses | |
| Deuteronomy | ~1250 B.C. | bronze serpent, water from rock, 12 spies | |
| Joshua | Written ~1200 (<900?) B.C. | Joshua + later additions | |
| Joshua | ~1200 B.C. | cross Jordan, Jericho, Southern, Northern campaign, Tribal allotment | |
| Judges | Written ~1000 B.C. | ||
| Judges | ~1240-1050 B.C. | Israel breaks God's law and is subjugated over and over and Judge saves them | |
| Judges | ~1240-1050 B.C. | Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson | |
| Judges | ~1240-1050 B.C. | <Salmon,Rahab> <Boaz,Ruth> <Obed> | |
| Judges | ~1050 B.C. | Samuel, son of Elkanah and Hannah is last judge and a priest | |
| Ruth | Written ~1000 B.C. | ||
| Ruth | ~1240-1050 B.C. | <Boaz,Ruth>Ruth was a Moabite, widowed daughter-in-law of Naomi, later married Boaz | |
| 1st Samuel | Written ~586 B.C. | ||
| 1st Samuel | ~1050 B.C. | Eli, Israel asks for a king. Samuel is priest, Saul is king | |
| 1st Samuel | ~1010 B.C. | <David> son of <Jesse> kills Goliath | |
| 2nd Samuel | Written ~586 B.C. | ||
| 2nd Samuel | ~970 B.C. | David is king first of Judah and then of all Israel, Covenant (Messiah from line), Ark in Jerusalem, David is king. Sins with Bathsheba who becomes Queen Mother of <Solomon> | |
| 1st Kings | Written ~586 B.C. | ||
| 1st Kings | ~970 B.C. | <Solomon> is king, Temple is built, Solomon has many wives and builds temples to their false gods | |
| 1st Kings | ~900 B.C. | Elijah | Taken to heaven on chariot of fire |
| 1st Kings | ~880 B.C. | Elisha | |
| 2nd Kings | Written ~586 B.C. | ||
| 2nd Kings | ~850-580 B.C. | Kingdoms divide, Juda in South, 10 tribes in North. | First Oympics 776 Founding of Rome 753, Homers Illiad Assyria |
| 2nd Kings | 722 B.C. | Fall of Samaria and Assyrian exile of northern tribes | |
| 2nd Kings | ~600 B.C. | Babylon begins conquest of Judah | |
| 2nd Kings | ~598 B.C | First deportation to Babylon and Ezekiel prophesizes destruction of Jerusalem | |
| 2nd Kings | ~587 B.C | Second deportation and Jerusalem is destroyed | |
| 2nd Kings | 539 B.C. | Persia conquers Babylon | |
| 2nd Kings | 538 B.C. | Cyrus the Great of Persia releases Jewish exiles | |
| 1st Chronicles | Written ~500s B.C. | ||
| 1st Chronicles | Creation~David | Biblical history from Adam to David | |
| 2nd Chronicles | Written ~500s B.C. | ||
| 2nd Chronicles | Solomon-exile and return | Biblical history from Solomon thru 2 Kings | |
| Ezra | Written ~400 B.C. | Ezra (ch 7-10?), compilation of records | |
| Ezra | ~539-515 B.C | First wave of exiles return | |
| Ezra | ~520 B.C. | Construction of Second Temple | |
| Ezra | ~458 B.C. | Ezra arrive in Jerusalem, 2nd wave or exiles return | Artaxerxes I |
| Nehemiah | Written ~400 B.C. | ||
| Nehemiah | ~445 B.C. | Rebuild Walls of Jerusalem, restore faith with Ezra | |
| Tobit | Written ~310-290 B.C. | ||
| Tobit | ~720 B.C. | During Assyrian exile?, Tobias, Tobit, Sarah, Archangel Raphael | |
| Judith | Written ~150 B.C. | ||
| Judith | ~580-525 B.C. | Exiles have returned | |
| Esther | Written ~300 B.C. | Mordicai?? | |
| Esther | 485-465 B.C. | Ahasuerus/Xerxes king of Persia takes place in Susa | |
| Job | Written ~700-500 B.C. | ||
| Job | 1800-1600 B.C | Patriarchal period, before Moses | |
| Psalms | Written ~1100 to 500 B.C. | David(73), Solomon(2), Asaph(12), Sons of Korah(11), others | |
| Proverbs | Written ~600 B.C. | Solomon | |
| Proverbs | 10th Century B.C. | ||
| Ecclesiastes | Written ~300 B.C. | ||
| Song of Songs | Written ~450 B.C. | Solomon??? perhaps edited in post-exilic times | |
| Wisdom | Written ~100 B.C. | ||
| Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) | Written ~180 B.C. | ||
| Isaiah | Written ~700-500 B.C. | Isaiah (first part 1-39??) | Prophet to Judah |
| Isaiah | ~745 B.C. | Oracles of confrontation - woe to Israel, proto-Isaiah 1-39 | King Tiglath-Pileser III, Assyria |
| Isaiah | ~600 B.C. | Oracles of consolation - exilic in Babylon, deutero-Isaiah 40-55 | |
| Isaiah | ~500 B.C. | more consolation - post-exilic after Babylon, tertio-Isaiah 56-66 | |
| Jeremiah | Written ~550 B.C. | Jeremiah, his secretary Baruch | Prophet to Judah |
| Jeremiah | ~627 B.C.Jeremiah called as prophet | Assyria is supreme in Near East | |
| Jeremiah | ~612 B.C. | Babylon conquers Assyria | |
| Jeremiah | ~609 B.C. | King Josiah dies (Jeremiah called in 13th year of his rein) | Pharoah Neco join Assyrians |
| Jeremiah | ~586 B.C. | Nebuchadnezzer II (Babylon) destroy Jerusalem and Judah goes into exile (Jeremiah remains) | |
| Lamentations | Written ~575 B.C. | Jeremiah??? | |
| Baruch | Written ~300 B.C. | Baruch (first 3 sections?) and Jeremiah (letter in 4th section) | |
| Ezekiel | Written ~590 B.C. | ||
| Ezekiel | 605 B.C. | Nebuchadnezzer II reduces Judah to vassal state, royal court members taken hostage including Daniel | |
| Ezekiel | 593 B.C. | Judah taken in exile | |
| Ezekiel | 586 B.C. | Temple destroyed, end of Davidic Kingship | |
| Daniel | Written ~165 B.C. | Ch 1-6 Daniel? (from 600s) | |
| Daniel | ~605 B.C. | Exile in Babylon under Nebuchadnezzer II, interprets dreams, predicts Christ's date | |
| Hosea | Written ~725 B.C. | Prophet to Israel (north) | |
| Hosea | ~780 B.C. | called around this time under King Jeroboam II | |
| Joel | Written ~400 B.C. | post-exilic | Prophet to Judah |
| Amos | Written ~750 B.C. | Amos | Prophet to Israel (north) |
| Amos | ~760 B.C. | around the time King Jeroboam II of north and King Uzziah of Judah | |
| Obadiah | Written ~500 B.C. | Prophet to Judah | |
| Obadiah | ~586 B.C | Edomites (descendants of Esau) help with destruction of Jerusalem, not helping the people. Herod the Great is descendant of Edom | |
| Jonah | Written ~450 B.C. | ||
| Jonah | ~760 B.C. | lived around the time King Jeroboam II of north. Oddity in that not about evil of enemy but about preaching and reforming Nineveh 20 or so years before they destroy Israel | |
| Micah | Written ~690 B.C. | Micah of Moresheth | Prophet to Judah |
| Micah | ~735-700 B.C. | Time of Kings Jotham, Ahaz and Hezikiah | |
| Nahum | Written ~663-612 B.C. | Nahum of Elkosh | Prophet to Judah |
| Nahum | 663 B.C. | King Manasseh | Conquest of Thebes |
| Nahum | 612 B.C. | King Josiah | Fall of Nineveh to Babylon, Medes and Scythians |
| Habakkuk | Written ~605 B.C. | Habakkuk | Prophet to Judah |
| Habakkuk | Habakkuk has dialog with God - complaints to God and God reveals plans | ||
| Habakkuk | ~609 B.C. | King Jehoiakim, just prior to Nebuchadnezzer taking Daniel et. al. in 605 | |
| Zephaniah | Written ~620 B.C.Zephaniah | Prophet to Judah | |
| Zephaniah | ~622 B.C. | King Josiah trys to remove pagan contamination - time that Zephaniah prohesied | |
| Haggai | Written ~520 B.C. | Prophet to Judah | |
| Haggai | 538 B.C. | Captives released from Babylon by Cyrus II of Persia | Persia conquers Babylon |
| Haggai | ~536 B.C. | Haggai?? encourages continued work on rebuilding 2nd Temple. | |
| Haggai | ~530 B.C. | <Zerubbabel> son of <Shealtiel> is governer, Joshua is high priest. Zerubbabel is not king, but is descendant of David | |
| Haggai | 515 B.C. | Temple construction is finished | |
| Zechariah | Written ~520 B.C. | Zecharia son of Berechiah, Ch 9-14 ??? | Prophet of Judah |
| Zechariah | ~538 | Return of captives released by Cyrus II from Babylon | |
| Zechariah | 515 B.C. | With Haggai, urgin completion of and thus Temple construction is finished | |
| Zechariah | Zechariah predicts the Northern tribes (Israel) will be restored along with the Gentiles | ||
| Malachi | Written ~470 B.C. | Prophet to Judah, forerunner to Ezra and Nehemiah | |
| Malachi | ~500 | Judah again falls into weariness and corruption | Persia calls Judah the provence of Yehud |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | 323 B.C | Alexander the Great conquers Persia and Eastern Mediterranean | |
| 1st Maccabees | Written ~95 B.C. | ||
| 1st Maccabees | 168 B.C | Judaism is suppressed | Seleucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules Judah |
| 2nd Maccabees | Written ~125 B.C. | ||
| 2nd Maccabees | Attests creation from nothing which also explains bodily resurrection, substitutionary atonement, saints praying for the living | ||
| HISTORICAL NOTE | 63 B.C. | Rome takes over Israel | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | ~37 B.C. (to ~1 B.C.) | Herod the Great | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | 27 B.C. (to 14 A.D.) | Augustus, first emporer of Rome | |
| NT BOOK | Probable Date | Important Events/Autd | World Events |
| Matthew Aramaic? | Written ~50-55 A.D. | Early version of Matthew in Aramaic? | |
| Matthew | Written ~68-70 A.D. | Gospel | Apostle Matthew |
| Matthew | 3 B.C. | Birth of Jesus | Roman rule |
| Matthew | 1 B.C-1 A.D | Wise Men (Magi), Herod killing innocents, Flight to Egypt | |
| Matthew | 14 A.D. | Tiberius is emporer of Rome | |
| Matthew | 26 A.D.(to 36) | Pontius Pilate is prefect of Judea | |
| Matthew | 28 A.D. | Jesus' Public Life, Tempting in desert by Satan, Baptism by John | |
| Matthew | 30 A.D. | New Covenant proclaimed, Passion, Death and Resurrection | Pontius Pilate |
| Mark | Written ~60-70 A.D. | Gospel | Mark, disciple of Peter |
| Mark | 30 A.D. | New Covenant proclaimed, Passion, Death and Resurrection | Pontius Pilate |
| Luke | Written 62-70 A.D. | Gospel | Luke, disciple of Paul |
| Luke | 3 B.C. | Birth of Jesus, Presentation of the Lord | |
| Luke | 10 B.C. | Finding in Temple | |
| Luke | 30 A.D. | New Covenant proclaimed, Passion, Death and Resurrection | Pontius Pilate |
| John | Written ~98-100 A.D. | Gospel | Apostle John |
| John | 27 A.D. | Wedding Feast at Cana | |
| John | 30 A.D. | Passion, Death and Resurrection | Pontius Pilate |
| John | 30 A.D. | Ascension of the Lord | |
| Acts of Apostles | Written 63 A.D. | Luke | disciple of Paul |
| Acts of Apostles | 30 A.D. | Pentecost | Jewish Feast of Harvest (also Pentecost, 50 days from Passover) |
| Acts of Apostles | 30 A.D. | Spread of church, first to Jews and Gentiles in Jerusalem, follows Peter | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~32? A.D. | Saul persecutes the followers of Jesus, helps kill Stephen is converted near Antioch | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~32-60 A.D. | Paul spreads the Gospel | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~38 A.D. | Paul in Jerusalem | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~46-49 A.D. | Paul's first missionary journey | |
| Acts of Apostles | 49 A.D. | Council of Jerusalem - coversion to Judaism first is NOT required | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~50-52 A.D. | Paul's second missionary journey | |
| Acts of Apostles | ~53-58 A.D. | Paul's third missionary journey | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | ~66 A.D. | Peter and Paul die in Rome | Nero starts first major Roman persecution |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | ~66-70 A.D. | Jewish war with Rome | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | ~70 A.D. | Destruction of Second Temple | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | 99 A.D. | Death of John the Apostle, end of apostolic age | |
| Romans | Written ~57 A.D. | Paul | |
| 1 Corinthians | Written ~57 A.D. | Paul | |
| 2 Corinthians | Written ~58 A.D. | Paul | |
| Galatians | Written ~54 A.D. | Paul | |
| Ephesians | Written ~62 A.D. | Paul | |
| Philippians | Written ~62 A.D. | Paul | |
| Colossians | Written ~62 A.D. | Paul | |
| 1 Thessalonians | Written ~50 A.D. | Paul | |
| 2 Thessalonians | Written ~50-51 A.D. | Paul | |
| 1 Timothy | Written ~65 A.D. | Paul, Timothy was his companion and Paul consecrated him as Bishop | |
| 2 Timothy | Written ~66 A.D. | Paul | |
| Titus | Written ~65 A.D. | Paul, Titus was his companion and Paul consecrated him as Bishop | |
| Philemon | Written ~62 A.D. | Paul | |
| Hebrews | Written ~65 A.D. | Unknown | Very Catholic on High Priest, Sacrifice, etc |
| James | Written 50-60 A.D. | Disciple James of Jerusalem, cousin of Jesus | |
| 1 Peter | Written ~64 A.D. | Apostle Peter or Peter's disciple | |
| 2 Peter | Written ~64 A.D. | Apostle Peter or Peter's disciple | |
| 1 John | Written ~95-100 A.D. | Apostle John | |
| 2 John | Written ~95-100 A.D. | Apostle John | |
| 3 John | Written ~95-100 A.D. | Apostle John | |
| Jude | Written ~70 A.D. | Jude Thaddeus | |
| Revelation | Written 68-70 A.D. | Apostle John | |
| HISTORICAL NOTE | 70 A.D. | Destruction of Temple | Rome conquers and destroys Jerusalem |
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