How to Find Scriptures in Your Bible

List of Bible Booksa

Name of Book	Writer(s)	Completed
Genesis	Moses	1513 B.C.E.
Exodus	Moses	1512 B.C.E.
Leviticus	Moses	1512 B.C.E.
Numbers	Moses	1473 B.C.E.
Deuteronomy	Moses	1473 B.C.E.
Joshua	Joshua	c. 1450 B.C.E.
Judges	Samuel	c. 1100 B.C.E.
Ruth	Samuel	c. 1090 B.C.E.
1 Samuel	Samuel; Gad; Nathan	c. 1078 B.C.E.
2 Samuel	Gad; Nathan	c. 1040 B.C.E.
1 Kings	Jeremiah	580 B.C.E.
2 Kings	Jeremiah	580 B.C.E.
1 Chronicles	Ezra	c. 460 B.C.E.
2 Chronicles	Ezra	c. 460 B.C.E.
Ezra	Ezra	c. 460 B.C.E.
Nehemiah	Nehemiah	a. 443 B.C.E.
Esther	Mordecai	c. 475 B.C.E.
Job	Moses	c. 1473 B.C.E.
Psalms	David and others	c. 460 B.C.E.
Proverbs	Solomon; Agur; Lemuel	c. 717 B.C.E.
Ecclesiastes	Solomon	b. 1000 B.C.E.
Song of Solomon	Solomon	c. 1020 B.C.E.
Isaiah	Isaiah	a. 732 B.C.E.
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	580 B.C.E.
Lamentations	Jeremiah	607 B.C.E.
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	c. 591 B.C.E.
Daniel	Daniel	c. 536 B.C.E.
Hosea	Hosea	a. 745 B.C.E.
Joel	Joel	c. 820 B.C.E. (?)
Amos	Amos	c. 804 B.C.E.
Obadiah	Obadiah	c. 607 B.C.E.
Jonah	Jonah	c. 844 B.C.E.
Micah	Micah	b. 717 B.C.E.
Nahum	Nahum	b. 632 B.C.E.
Habakkuk	Habakkuk	c. 628 B.C.E. (?)
Zephaniah	Zephaniah	b. 648 B.C.E.
Haggai	Haggai	520 B.C.E.
Zechariah	Zechariah	518 B.C.E.
Malachi	Malachi	a. 443 B.C.E.
Matthew	Matthew	c. 41 C.E.
Mark	Mark	c. 60-65 C.E.
Luke	Luke	c. 56-58 C.E.
John	Apostle John	c. 98 C.E.
Acts	Luke	c. 61 C.E.
Romans	Paul	c. 56 C.E.
1 Corinthians	Paul	c. 55 C.E.
2 Corinthians	Paul	c. 55 C.E.
Galatians	Paul	c. 50-52 C.E.
Ephesians	Paul	c. 60-61 C.E.
Philippians	Paul	c. 60-61 C.E.
Colossians	Paul	c. 60-61 C.E.
1 Thessalonians	Paul	c. 50 C.E.
2 Thessalonians	Paul	c. 51 C.E.
1 Timothy	Paul	c. 61-64 C.E.
2 Timothy	Paul	c. 65 C.E.
Titus	Paul	c. 61-64 C.E.
Philemon	Paul	c. 60-61 C.E.
Hebrews	Paul	c. 61 C.E.
James	James (Jesus’ brother)	b. 62 C.E.
1 Peter	Peter	c. 62-64 C.E.
2 Peter	Peter	c. 64 C.E.
1 John	Apostle John	c. 98 C.E.
2 John	Apostle John	c. 98 C.E.
3 John	Apostle John	c. 98 C.E.
Jude	Jude (Jesus’ brother)	c. 65 C.E.
Revelation	Apostle John	c. 96 C.E.

Note: For some books, the writer(s) and the date completed are uncertain. Many dates are approximate, the symbol a. meaning “after,” b. meaning “before,” and c. meaning “circa,” or “about.”

a This list shows the 66 books of the Bible in the order in which they appear in most Bible translations. This order was established in the fourth century C.E.