Who wrote the books of the Bible and when?


        When the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)

Old Testament
(B.C. - Before Christ)

Genesis: Moses, 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Exodus: Moses, 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Leviticus: Moses, 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Numbers: Moses, 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Deuteronomy: Moses, 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Joshua: Joshua, 14th - 12th century B.C.
Judges: author unknown (possibly Samuel), 11th century B.C.
Ruth: author unknown, 11th century B.C.
1 Samuel: author unknown (possibly Samuel), 10th century B.C.
2 Samuel: author unknown (possibly Zabud), 10th century B.C.
1 Kings: author unknown (possibly Jeremiah), 6th century B.C.
2 Kings: author unknown (possibly Jeremiah), 6th century B.C.
1 Chronicles: author unknown (possibly Ezra), 5th century B.C.
2 Chronicles: author unknown (possibly Ezra), 5th century B.C.
Ezra: Ezra, 5th century B.C.
Nehemiah: Nehemiah, 5th century B.C.
Esther: author unknown (possibly Mordecai), 5th century B.C.
Job: author unknown, 10th century B.C.
Psalms: primarily David, 10th century B.C.
Proverbs: primarily Solomon, 10th century B.C.
Ecclesiastes: Solomon, 10th century B.C.
Song of Songs: Solomon, 10th century B.C.
Isaiah: Isaiah, 8th century B.C.
Jeremiah: Jeremiah, 6th century B.C.
Lamentations: Jeremiah, 6th century B.C.
Ezekiel: Ezekiel, 6th century B.C.
Daniel: Daniel, 6th century B.C.
Hosea: Hosea, 8th century B.C.
Joel: Joel, 9th century B.C.
Amos: Amos, 8th century B.C.
Obadiah: Obadiah, 6th century B.C.
Jonah: Jonah, 8th century B.C.
Micah: Micah, 6th century B.C.
Nahum: Nahum, 7th century B.C.
Habakkuk: Habakkuk, 7th century B.C.
Zephaniah: Zephaniah, 621 B.C.
Haggai: Haggai, 520 B.C.
Zechariah: Zechariah, 520 B.C.
Malachi: Malachi, 425 - 450 B.C.

New Testament
(A.D. - Latin, Anno Domini, "in the year of the Lord")

Gospel of Matthew: Matthew the Apostle, 60 - 70 A.D.
Mark: Mark, 55 - 65 A.D.
Luke: Luke, 60 - 65 A.D.
John: John, 85 - 96 A.D.
Acts: Luke, 63 - 70 A.D.
Romans: Paul, 57 - 59 A.D.
1 Corinthians: Paul, 55 - 56 A.D.
2 Corinthians: Paul, 57 A.D.
Galations: Paul, 48 - 49 A.D.
Ephesians: Paul, 60 - 61 A.D.
Philippians: Paul, 60 - 61 A.D.
Colossians: Paul, 60 - 61 A.D.
1 Thessalonians: Paul, 50 - 51 A.D.
2 Thessalonians: Paul, 51 - 52 A.D.
1 Timothy: Paul, 64 A.D.
2 Timothy: Paul, 66 - 67 A.D.
Titus: Paul, 64 - 65 A.D.
Philemon: Paul, 60 - 61 A.D.
Hebrews: possibly Paul, 60 - 70 A.D.
James: James, 45 - 49 A.D.
1 Peter: Peter, 62 - 64 A.D.
2 Peter: Peter, 66 - 67 A.D.
1 John: John, 85 - 96 A.D.
2 John: John, 85 - 96 A.D.
3 John: John, 85 - 96 A.D.
Jude: Jude, 65 - 70 A.D.
Revelation: John, 90 - 96 A.D.


        So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me. (Deuteronomy 10:3-4)

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