Table of the Books of the Bible

Books of the Hebrew Scriptures Before the Common (Christian) Era

NAME OF BOOK	WRITER(S)	PLACE WRITTEN	WRITING COMPLETED (B.C.E.)	TIME COVERED (B.C.E.)
Genesis	Moses	Wilderness	1513	“In the beginning” to 1657
Exodus	Moses	Wilderness	1512	1657-1512
Leviticus	Moses	Wilderness	1512	1 month (1512)
Numbers	Moses	Wilderness and Plains of Moab	1473	1512-1473
Deuteronomy	Moses	Plains of Moab	1473	2 months (1473)
Joshua	Joshua	Canaan	c. 1450	1473–c. 1450
Judges	Samuel	Israel	c. 1100	c. 1450–c. 1120
Ruth	Samuel	Israel	c. 1090	11 years of Judges’ rule
1 Samuel	Samuel; Gad; Nathan	Israel	c. 1078	c. 1180-1078
2 Samuel	Gad; Nathan	Israel	c. 1040	1077–c. 1040
1 Kings	Jeremiah	Judah	580	c. 1040-911
2 Kings	Jeremiah	Judah and Egypt	580	c. 920-580
1 Chronicles	Ezra	Jerusalem (?)	c. 460	After 1 Chronicles 9:44: c. 1077-1037
2 Chronicles	Ezra	Jerusalem (?)	c. 460	c. 1037-537
Ezra	Ezra	Jerusalem	c. 460	537–c. 467
Nehemiah	Nehemiah	Jerusalem	a. 443	456–a. 443
Esther	Mordecai	Shushan, Elam	c. 475	493–c. 475
Job	Moses	Wilderness	c. 1473	Over 140 years between 1657 and 1473
Psalms	David and others		c. 460
Proverbs	Solomon; Agur; Lemuel	Jerusalem	c. 717
Ecclesiastes	Solomon	Jerusalem	b. 1000
Song of Solomon	Solomon	Jerusalem	c. 1020
Isaiah	Isaiah	Jerusalem	a. 732	c. 778–a. 732
Jeremiah	Jeremiah	Judah; Egypt	580	647-580
Lamentations	Jeremiah	Near Jerusalem	607
Ezekiel	Ezekiel	Babylon	c. 591	613–c. 591
Daniel	Daniel	Babylon	c. 536	618–c. 536
Hosea	Hosea	Samaria (District)	a. 745	b. 804–a. 745
Joel	Joel	Judah	c. 820 (?)
Amos	Amos	Judah	c. 804
Obadiah	Obadiah		c. 607
Jonah	Jonah		c. 844
Micah	Micah	Judah	b. 717	c. 777-717
Nahum	Nahum	Judah	b. 632
Habakkuk	Habakkuk	Judah	c. 628 (?)
Zephaniah	Zephaniah	Judah	b. 648
Haggai	Haggai	Jerusalem	520	112 days (520)
Zechariah	Zechariah	Jerusalem	518	520-518
Malachi	Malachi	Jerusalem	a. 443

Books of the Greek Scriptures Written During the Common (Christian) Era

NAME OF BOOK	WRITER	PLACE WRITTEN	WRITING COMPLETED (C.E.)	TIME COVERED
Matthew	Matthew	Israel	c. 41	2 B.C.E.–33 C.E.
Mark	Mark	Rome	c. 60-65	29-33 C.E.
Luke	Luke	Caesarea	c. 56-58	3 B.C.E.–33 C.E.
John	Apostle John	Ephesus, or near	c. 98	After prologue, 29-33 C.E.
Acts	Luke	Rome	c. 61	33–c. 61 C.E.
Romans	Paul	Corinth	c. 56
1 Corinthians	Paul	Ephesus	c. 55
2 Corinthians	Paul	Macedonia	c. 55
Galatians	Paul	Corinth or Syrian Antioch	c. 50-52
Ephesians	Paul	Rome	c. 60-61
Philippians	Paul	Rome	c. 60-61
Colossians	Paul	Rome	c. 60-61
1 Thessalonians	Paul	Corinth	c. 50
2 Thessalonians	Paul	Corinth	c. 51
1 Timothy	Paul	Macedonia	c. 61-64
2 Timothy	Paul	Rome	c. 65
Titus	Paul	Macedonia (?)	c. 61-64
Philemon	Paul	Rome	c. 60-61
Hebrews	Paul	Rome	c. 61
James	James (Jesus’ brother)	Jerusalem	b. 62
1 Peter	Peter	Babylon	c. 62-64
2 Peter	Peter	Babylon (?)	c. 64
1 John	Apostle John	Ephesus, or near	c. 98
2 John	Apostle John	Ephesus, or near	c. 98
3 John	Apostle John	Ephesus, or near	c. 98
Jude	Jude (Jesus’ brother)	Israel (?)	c. 65
Revelation	Apostle John	Patmos	c. 96

[Names of writers of some books and of places where written are uncertain. Many dates are only approximate, the symbol a. meaning “after,” b. meaning “before,” and c. meaning “circa,” or “about.”]