when was the 1st book of Bible written?

Answer 1

Job may be the oldest book of the Bible but scholars are unsure. The first five books of the Bible known as the Pentateuch were written by Moses probably during the Israelites long journey through the wilderness after they left Egypt some time around 1400 bc. As to when redactors went over the ancient Scriptures as has already been posted, it was around the time when the Jews came back from their Babylonian captivity and Ezra was most likely in charge of that process.

Exodus 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Numbers 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

Deuteronomy 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Ezra 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

Answer 2

No, even though people attribute the first 5 books to have been written by Moses he didn't. The first 5 books is an accumulation of information from Moses and others. At a certain point of time, probably around 721 and 586BCE the final accumulation was put together. If you look at Deutoronomy, you'll probably find a more comprehensive text of what Moses probably wrote. If you look througout the first 5 books you'll see that a lot of the information repeats itself. Therefore, many scholors agree that they were written at different times and for different purposes.

Answer 3

Job..about (2650 B.C our time) considered the oldest, or first written, Book of the Bible

The 460 B.C. date is actually derived from the old Roman calendar. Not what we use today.

Remember...the order they're in the Bible is not the order in which they were written.

Question? Are you looking for information on the first book (as in Genesis) in the Bible....or the first book of the Bible that was written (which would be the Book of Job)?

Answer 4

the text of Genesis as we see it today was redacted together around 440 BC from earlier sources, namely the Sumerians.

But this says different:
Some of the writings in the Jewish Scriptures may go back as far as 1100 B.C., but the process of bringing the books together probably didn't begin until around 400 B.C.
http://www.bibleresourcecenter.org/vsItemDisplay.dsp&objectid=9954BF3C-A738-47B6-9944DCB96FAAA270&method=Display

Answer 5

I am not sure but I think the first books were the Moses Books..

Answer 6

The secular historical consensus is that the earliest portions were first penned in the 7th century BCE.

Answer 7

2 or 3 days before you were born, plus a few thousand years. No one knows for certain. a2J

Answer 8

"Genesis as we see it today was redacted together around 440 BC from earlier sources, namely the Sumerians."

Answer 9

We don't know, but it was completed 1513 B.C.E. by Moses.

Answer 10

i'm looking at one now, but there's no copyright date. sorry.