| Genesis |
1400-1200
|
Song of Songs |
mid
900's
|
|
| Exodus |
1400-1200
|
Isaiah |
630
|
|
| Leviticus |
1400-1200
|
Jeremiah |
520
|
|
| Numbers |
1400-1200
|
Lamentations |
500's
|
|
| Deuteronomy |
1400-1200
|
Ezekiel |
mid
500's
|
|
| Joshua |
1300-1045
|
Daniel |
530
|
|
| Judges |
900's
|
Hosea |
753-722
|
|
| Ruth |
800-600
|
Joel |
400's
|
|
| 1 & 2 Samuel |
920-900
|
Amos |
760-745
|
|
| 1 & 2 Kings |
500's
|
Obadiah |
450
|
|
| 1 & 2 Chronicles |
early
400's
|
Jonah |
500's
|
|
| Ezra |
440-400
|
Micah |
700's
|
|
| Nehemiah |
400
|
Nahum |
663-612
|
|
| Esther |
400-350
|
Habakkuk |
605-598
|
|
| Job |
1200-800
|
Zephaniah |
640-612
|
|
| Psalms * |
1300-500
|
Haggai |
520
|
|
| Proverbs * |
700-500
|
Zechariah |
mid
400's
|
|
| Ecclesiastes |
935
|
Malachi |
432-425
|
| Matthew |
50-60's
|
2 Thessalonians |
48-62
|
|
| Mark |
60's
|
1 Timothy |
62-63
|
|
| Luke |
50-60's
|
2 Timothy |
67
|
|
| John |
60's-100
|
Titus |
63
|
|
| Acts |
50-60's
|
Philemon |
60-61
|
|
| Romans |
50-57
|
Hebrews |
64-68
|
|
| 1 Corinthians |
50-57
|
James |
mid
40's
|
|
| 2 Corinthians |
50-62
|
1 Peter |
60-64
|
|
| Galatians |
48-62
|
2 Peter |
64-66
|
|
| Ephesians |
48-62
|
1, 2, 3 John |
60-95
|
|
| Philippians |
48-62
|
Jude |
66-80
|
|
| Colossians |
48-62
|
Revelation |
60's-90's
|
|
| 1 Thessalonians |
50-57
|
Authorship dates for the Old Testament (all dates BC):
* These works are compilations by different authors and different eras
Authorship dates for the New Testament (all dates AD):
Expanded!
WHY THIS CHART?
This chart is a compilation of research by the aforementioned scholars Gleason Archer, R.K. Harrison, and F.F. Bruce.
It is intended to represent the general consensus of many eminent scholars' lifetime studies and, therefore, is not intended to represent any single scholar's point of view.
(The preceeding longer explanation of dates and the processes involved is here.)