WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?
If you are a true Christian you know that God inspired All Scripture! [2 Tim.3: 16] The list below will amaze you with knowledge you probably don’t know?
Below is a table showing when each book was written, where, by whom and the time frame covered. This is in order of when each book was written. [The symbol “a.” means after, “b.” means before and “c.” means circa or about.]
|
Book |
Writer |
Date Completed |
Time Covered |
Place Written |
|
Genesis |
Moses |
1513 |
“In the Wilderness beginning” to 1657 B.C. |
Wilderness |
|
Exodus |
Moses |
1512 |
1657-1512 |
Wilderness |
|
Leviticus |
Moses |
1512 |
1 month [1512] |
Wilderness |
|
Job |
Unknown |
c. 1473 |
Over 140 years between 1657 and 1473 |
|
|
Numbers |
Moses |
1473 |
1512-1473 |
Wilderness / Plains of Moab |
|
Deuteronomy |
Moses |
1473 |
2 months [1473] |
Plains of Moab |
|
Joshua |
Joshua |
c. 1450 |
1473– c. 1450 |
Canaan |
|
Judges |
Samuel |
c. 1100 |
c. 1450– c. 1120 |
Israel |
|
Ruth |
Samuel |
c. 1090 |
11 years of Judges’ rule |
Israel |
|
1 Samuel |
Samuel; Gad; Nathan |
c. 1078 |
c. 1180-1078 |
Israel |
|
2 Samuel |
Gad; Nathan |
c. 1040 |
1077–c. 1040 |
Israel |
|
Song of Solomon |
Solomon |
c. 1020 |
* |
Jerusalem |
|
Ecclesiastes |
Solomon |
b. 1000 |
* |
Jerusalem |
|
Jonah |
Jonah |
c. 844 |
* |
* |
|
Joel |
Joel |
c. 820 (?) |
* |
Judah |
|
Amos |
Amos |
c. 804 |
* |
Judah |
|
Hosea |
Hosea |
a. 745 |
b. 804– a. 745 |
Samaria (District) |
|
Isaiah |
Isaiah |
a. 732 |
c. 778– a. 732 |
Jerusalem |
|
Micah |
Micah |
b. 717 |
c. 777-717 |
Judah |
|
Proverbs |
Solomon; Agur; Lemuel |
c. 717 |
Jerusalem |
|
|
Zephaniah |
Zephaniah |
b. 648 |
* |
Judah |
|
Nahum |
Nahum |
b. 632 |
* |
Judah |
|
Habakkuk |
Habakkuk |
c. 628 (?) |
* |
Judah |
|
Lamentations |
Jeremiah |
607 |
* |
Nr. Jerusalem |
|
Obadiah |
Obadiah |
c. 607 |
* |
* |
|
Ezekiel |
Ezekiel |
c. 591 |
613–c. 591 |
Babylon |
|
1 and 2 Kings |
Jeremiah |
580 |
c. 1040-580 |
Judah/Egypt |
|
Jeremiah |
Jeremiah |
580 |
647-580 |
Judah/Egypt |
|
Daniel |
Daniel |
c. 536 |
618–c. 536 |
Babylon |
|
Haggai |
Haggai |
520 |
112 days (520) |
Jerusalem |
|
Zechariah |
Zechariah |
518 |
520-518 |
Jerusalem |
|
Esther |
Mordecai |
c. 475 |
493–c. 475 |
Shushan, Elam |
|
1 and 2 Chronicles |
Ezra |
c. 460 |
After 1 Chronicles 9:44, 1077-537 |
Jerusalem (?) |
|
Ezra |
Ezra |
c. 460 |
537–c. 467 |
Jerusalem |
|
Psalms |
David and others |
c. 1000 to 460 |
* |
* |
|
Nehemiah |
Nehemiah |
a. 443 |
456–a. 443 |
Jerusalem |
|
Malachi |
Malachi |
a. 443 |
* |
Jerusalem |
|
Matthew |
Matthew |
c. 41 |
2 B.C.– 33 A.D. |
Palestine |
|
1 Thessalonians |
Paul |
c. 51 |
* |
Corinth |
|
2 Thessalonians |
Paul |
c. 52 |
* |
Corinth |
|
Galatians |
Paul |
c. 50-52 |
* |
Corinth or Syr. Antioch |
|
1 Corinthians |
Paul |
c. 57 |
* |
Ephesus |
|
2 Corinthians |
Paul |
c. 58 |
* |
Macedonia |
|
Romans |
Paul |
c. 58 |
* |
Corinth |
|
Luke |
Luke |
c. 56-58 |
3 B.C.– 34 AD. |
Caesarea |
|
Ephesians |
Paul |
c. 60-61 |
* |
Rome |
|
Colossians |
Paul |
c. 60-61 |
* |
Rome |
|
Philemon |
Paul |
c. 60-61 |
* |
Rome |
|
Philippians |
Paul |
c. 60-61 |
* |
Rome |
|
Hebrews |
Paul ? |
c. 61 |
* |
Rome |
|
Acts |
Luke |
c. 61 |
34–c. 62 AD. |
Caesarea |
|
James |
James (Jesus’ brother) |
b. 62 |
* |
Jerusalem |
|
Mark |
Mark |
c. 60-65 |
30-34AD. |
Rome |
|
1 Timothy |
Paul |
c. 61-65 |
* |
Macedonia |
|
Titus |
Paul |
c. 61-65 |
* |
Macedonia (?) |
|
1 Peter |
Peter |
c. 62-64 |
* |
Babylon |
|
2 Peter |
Peter |
c. 64 |
* |
Babylon? |
|
2 Timothy |
Paul |
c. 67 |
* |
Rome |
|
Jude |
Jude (Jesus’ brother) |
c. 65 |
* |
Palestine (?) |
|
Revelation |
Apostle John |
c. 96 |
* |
Patmos |
|
John |
Apostle John |
c. 98 |
After prologue, 30-34 AD. |
Ephesus, or near |
|
1 John |
Apostle John |
c. 98 |
* |
Ephesus, or near |
|
2 John |
Apostle John |
c. 98 |
* |
Ephesus, or near |
|
3 John |
Apostle John |
c. 98 |
* |
Ephesus, near |