Dating the Bible

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The four tables give the most commonly accepted dates or ranges of dates for the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, the Deuterocanonical books (included in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles, but not in the Hebrew and Protestant bibles) and the New Testament, including, where possible, hypotheses about their formation-history.

Table I is a chronological overview. Table II treats the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible books, grouped according to the divisions of the Hebrew Bible with occasional reference to scholarly divisions. Table III gives the Deuterocanonical books. Table IV gives the books of the New Testament, including the earliest preserved fragments for each.

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Table I: Chronological overview

This table summarises the chronology of the main tables and serves as a guide to the historical periods mentioned. Much of the Hebrew Bible or the Protocanonical Old Testament may have been assembled in the 5th century BCE. The New Testament books were composed largely in the second half of the 1st century CE. The Deuterocanonical books fall largely in between.

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Table II: Hebrew Bible/Protestant Old Testament

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Table III: Deuterocanonical Old Testament

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Table IV: New Testament

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See also

• Authorship of the Bible
• Biblical manuscripts
• Categories of New Testament manuscripts
• Development of the Hebrew Bible canon
• Historical criticism
• Historicity of the Bible
• Marcan priority
• Nag Hammadi library
• Synoptic problem

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