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A List Of Bible Authors And Dates
Of When The Bible Was Written

A) THE LIST OF BIBLE AUTHORS.

B) AN APPROXIMATE TIME LINE.

 

 

A) THE LIST OF AUTHORS

 

 

GENESIS = MOSES

EXODUS = MOSES

LEVITICUS = MOSES

NUMBERS = MOSES

DEUTERONOMY = MOSES (Joshua may have finished It)

JOSHUA = JOSHUA & ?

JUDGES = SAMUEL & ?

RUTH = SAMUEL

FIRST SAMUEL = SAMUEL

SECOND SAMUEL = SAMUEL & ?

FIRST KINGS = JEREMIAH & ?

SECOND KINGS = JEREMIAH & ?

FIRST CHRONICLES = EZRA

SECOND CHRONICLES = EZRA

EZRA =EZRA

NEHEMIAH = EZRA (Portions of) & ?

ESTHER = MORDECAI (However, Est. 10:3 implies that he had already passed away by the time of the writing; Therefore, it is tradition that has Mordecai as Its author) OR ?

JOB = MOSES

PSALMS = DAVID (about 73 of the 150) & ASAPH (12 = 50; 73-83) & The Sons Of KORAH (11 = 42; 44-49; 84-85; 87; portions of 88) & HEMAN (1 = portions of 88) & MOSES (1 = 90) SOLOMON (2 = 72; 127) & ETHAN (1 = 89)

PROVERBS = SOLOMON & ?

ECCLESIASTES = SOLOMON

SONG OF SOLOMON = SOLOMON

ISAIAH = ISAIAH

JEREMIAH = JEREMIAH

LAMENTATIONS = JEREMIAH

EZEKIEL = EZEKIEL

DANIEL = DANIEL

HOSEA = HOSEA

JOEL = JOEL

AMOS = AMOS

OBADIAH = OBADIAH

JONAH = JONAH

MICAH = MICAH

NAHUM = NAHUM

HABAKKUK = HABAKKUK

ZEPHANIAH = ZEPHANIAH

HAGGAI = HAGGAI

ZECHARIAH = ZECHARIAH

MALACHI = MALACHI

 

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT

 

 

MATTHEW = MATTHEW

MARK = MARK

LUKE = LUKE

JOHN = JOHN

ACTS = LUKE

ROMANS = PAUL

FIRST CORINTHIANS = PAUL

SECOND CORINTHIANS = PAUL

GALATIANS = PAUL

EPHESIAN = PAUL

PHILIPPIANS = PAUL

COLOSSIANS = PAUL

FIRST THESSALONIANS = PAUL

SECOND THESSALONIANS = PAUL

FIRST TIMOTHY = PAUL

SECOND TIMOTHY = PAUL

TITUS = PAUL

PHILEMON = PAUL

HEBREWS = PAUL

JAMES = JAMES

FIRST PETER = PETER

SECOND PETER = PETER

FIRST JOHN = JOHN

SECOND JOHN = JOHN

THIRD JOHN = JOHN

JUDE = JUDE

REVELATION = JOHN

 

Totaling about 40-43.

 

B) AN APPROXIMATE (O. T. approximate proximity) TIME LINE OF WHEN THESE BOOKS WHERE WRITTEN

 

 

B. C. 1450 = GENESIS & JOB

B. C. 1460-1470 = EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY

B. C. 1440 = JOSHUA

B. C. 1070 = JUDGES

B. C. 1070 = RUTH

B. C. 1070 = FIRST SAMUEL

B. C. 1060 = SECOND SAMUEL

B. C. 1050 = PSALMS

B. C. 1030 = FIRST KINGS

B. C. 1020 = SONG OF SOLOMON, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES

B. C. 850 = JONAH & AMOS

B. C. 841 = SECOND KINGS & JOEL

B. C. 840 = ISAIAH

B. C. 630 = JEREMIAH

B. C. 610 = NAHAM, OBADIAH, ZEPHANIAH, HABAKKUK

B. C. 600 = LAMENTATIONS, DANIEL, EZEKIEL

B. C. 520 = HAGGAI & ZECHARIAH

B. C. 470 = FIRST & SECOND CHRONICLES, ESTHER, EZRA, MALACHI

 

NEW TESTAMENT

 

A. D. 44-49 = JAMES

A. D. 52 = FIRST THESSALONIANS

A. D. 54 = SECOND THESSALONIANS

A. D. 57-58 = ROMANS, GALATIANS, FIRST & SECOND CORINTHIANS, COLOSSIANS (Colossians argued to be maybe around 62-65), PHILEMON

A. D. 60-65 = MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN

A. D. 61-62 = EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, HEBREWS

A. D. 63-67 = FIRST PETER (One of the most argued over, going as far as 75-80), SECOND PETER (being written a year later)

A. D. 66-67 = FIRST TIMOTHY (some argue for an A. D. 65 dating) & TITUS

A. D. 67-68 = ACTS & SECOND TIMOTHY

A. D. 68-69 = JUDE

A. D. 90 = FIRST & SECOND & THIRD JOHN, REVELATION

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