When was the bible writen?

Answer 1

The Bible is essentially a library of sixty-six books or letters, written by forty or so men, who lived in several countries, over a 1500-year period. They wrote in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

The Revelation of John was written between 68 and 95 A.D., depending on whether you subscribe to a preterist view of the apocalypse or not.

Answer 2

The Bible was not written in one specific year or in a single location. The Bible is a collection of writings, and the earliest ones were set down nearly 3500 years ago. So let's start at the beginning of this fascinating story.

The first five books of the Bible are attributed to Moses and are commonly called the Pentateuch (literally "five scrolls").

Moses lived between 1500 and 1300 BC, though he recounts events in the first eleven chapters of the Bible that occurred long before his time (such as the creation and the flood).

These earliest accounts were handed on from generation to generation in songs, narratives, and poetry.

In those early societies there was no writing as yet and people passed on these oral accounts with great detail and accuracy.

The earliest writing began when symbols were scratched or pressed on clay tablets. The Egyptians refined this technique and developed an early form of writing known as hieroglyphics. The Bible tells us that Moses was "educated in all the learning of the Egyptians", so he would have been familiar with the major writing systems of his time. We also read that God gave Moses "two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God"(Exodus 31:18). All this leads to the conclusion that the earliest writings in the Bible were set down around 1400 BC.

The writings of the thirty or so other contributors to the Old Testament span a thousand years! They recount the times and messages from Moses' successor, Joshua, to the last of the Old Testament prophets, Malachi, who wrote his little tract around 450 BC.

Then there is a 500-year period when no writings were contributed to the Bible. This is the period between the testaments, when Alexander the Great conquered much of the world and when the Greek language was introduced to the Hebrews. Indeed, they began to use Greek so much that the Hebrew language was replaced by Greek and by another language, Aramaic, which was spoken all over that area of the world at that time.

The New Testament was written during a much shorter period, i.e. during the last half of the first century AD.

It was the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, which ignited the flame that produced the New Testament, as the new faith swept across the Near East and then westward to Greece and on to Rome.

Half of the New Testament books were contributed by one man, the Apostle Paul, in the epistles he sent to groups of new Christians and to his assistants Timothy and Titus.

The Bible closes with a majestic book of visions and dramatic views of the future. It was penned by the aged Apostle John around 95 AD and describes the new heaven and the new earth when God's kingdom will embrace the universe and all rebellion and death will be a thing of the past.

In looking at all these dates, the important thing to remember is that when the Bible was written is not as important as what was written.

Answer 3

The HB/OT originated from oral traditions passed down before it was even written down. There are about 4 different oral traditions that are woven together to create the HB/OT cannon that is known today. (This is why there are some contradictions.) Also, all of the original copies were done by hand, so there could be errors. There are also the translation problems from Hebrew, to Greek, to Latin, to many other languages. However, the Scholar's Bible (NRSV) uses the oldest sources and is very careful about the translations in contemporary times.

The Gospels written until the end of the 1st century CE, many decades after Jesus died. The books were written by second hand sources, and no one has discovered the Q text yet.

The Bible itself was put together during the reign of Constantine, which happened about 300 years after Jesus lived. Before that, most congregations probably had access to the HB and maybe a few letters by Paul. (Not all the letters attributed to Paul were actually written by him.)

A lot of effort and even politics has gone into the redaction of the Bible published today. If you ever have a chance to take a course on the history of the OT/HB or the NT, I would recommend it!

Answer 4

It depends if you're including both the old and new testaments. The bible isn't a single book, it's a compilation of them. It's literally been a work in progress of over 1000 years.

Answer 5

New Testament was written between about 60AD to ~250 AD

Answer 6

When does the sun set?

Answer 7

OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BOOKS

Years after the flood.
000 00 1656 to flood. Gen.12:4; Abraham's Promised Land covenant. Year 427.
857 00 Exo.7:7; Moses age 80.12:40,41; 430 years after Promised Land covenant.
000 00 Abraham Gen.15:13,16 to generation 4, Exo.6:16-23,26; Gal.3:16-18 [ law ];
000 00 Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Levi, Kohath, Amram to Moses & Aaron.
040 00 Num.33:38,39 Aaron age 123 40th year dies.
000 00 Deut.34:7 Moses age 120, 40th year dies. Josh.5:6,10,12; ends 40 years.
000 06 books. Genesis, Job, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 6 books,
000 00 Books by prophet Judge Moses at Promised Land after Exodus dies.
000 01 book, Egypt Empire #1 Exit. 1513 before Christ. Joshua [ 1512 BCE ].
301 01 book, Judges 11:26 [301?]; Judge Jair dies. 29 to Samuel plus 80 to 100.
129 03 books. Ruth 4:18-22 David's Family. 1Samuel 25:1; Nathan & Gad = 2Samuel.
000 00 ACCOUNT: Acts 13:20,21 [ 857 Moses to 450 is 1307 after flood, 1103 BCE ];
006 00 King Saul to death 1333 after flood. Saul 1117 less 40 to 1077 BCE. David.
040 00 books. 1Ki. 2:10,11; David 1373 after Flood. David 1077 to 1037 BCE.
000 03 books Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes. Matt.1:1-17; 1Chr.3:9-17;
040 02 Book. 1Kings 6:1 [ 480 plus 897 is 1377 after flood ]; 11:42; Song of Solomon.
000 03 Solomon 1037, died 997 before Christ. 2Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles 36:20-24;
000 05 Books. Isaiah-[ Assyria #2 ]-Hosea, Amos, Joel, Obadiah.
391 05 books. Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah 1804 after flood.
000 00 Daniel's Prophecy [ kings end ], 606 before Christ in Rome #6.
000 04 books. Jeremiah & Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel is 606 BCE.
000 00 Babylon Empire #3 captivity. NO KING UNTIL JESUS AT SECOND COMING
000 00 Matt.1:1-17; 606 years before Christ [ 2520 YEARS TO Empire #7 end time ].
000 00 Jer.25:12; Dan.9:2; 2Chr.36:20-23 [ 70 years to Cyrus in Empire #4 ];
000 06 books = Ezra, Nehemiah, Ester, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. 443 BCE
000 00 Cyrus in Empire #4, 1874 after flood and 536 before Christ, before 443 BCE.
000 39 O.T. Books. 1110 years 443 BCE. 200 years to Greece Empire #5. 336 BCE.
000 00 336 before Christ in Roman Empire #6.
000 27 NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE BOOKS 50 to years 100 After Jesus.
000 66 bible book in KJV Bible 1611 CE punlished plus 395 years to 2006 CE.
000 00 Christ ascended [ at Acts 2:27-35 to wait until Michael and holy angels
000 00 cast down Satan & unholy angels to end Empire #7 ]. 8th has 10 nations.
000 00 This is same as saying seven heads and 10 horns, Satan ends Rev.20:1-6;