Can anyone list the books of the bible from oldest to newest?

Question

Job is the oldest I need to know where to go from there or if there is anywhere I can find this information on my own let me know.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Well, you ought to know that any list you get is gonna be open to debate, especially when you're talking about the Old Testament. So that disclaimer out of the way....

Job is actually one of the newer books of the Old Testament. It's only the setting that's ancient. Job was probably written around the same time as most of the other wisdom literature...Ecclesiastes in particular. The two books kind of go hand in hand theologically.
If you look at the order in the Hebrew Bible, it's divided into three sections: the Torah or "Law" (Genesis-Deuteronomy) then the Nevi'im (which means the Prophets, and includes Joshua, Kings, NOT Chronicles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc.) then finally the Ketuvim (or writings) which contains Psalms and just about everything else. The Torah is *basically* the oldest section of the bible, followed by the Prophets. You'll see in the New Testament Jesus and others refer to the Law and the Prophets; that's what they're talking about. The Writings were still being compiled (although all of the texts existed in some form) by the time of Jesus. So they're *basically* the newest. As you can see, it's more complicated than a simple list.

As far as the New Testament, you can basically say that Paul's letters are the oldest books, then some of the other letters. Then the gospels, other than John, then Revelation and John are pretty much the newest books of the Bible. Okay? hope that helps. You could study the topic and get more detailed information, but that's as brief an overview as I can make it.

Answer 3

Most scholars agree that Job as well as the Song of Deborah found in Judges are the oldest wrtings in the Bible. After that, there is much debate about when the rest of the books were written. Some scholars lean toward the theory that the Torah and other historical books were all written by Jewish scribes aroun 500 B.C. However, most Biblical scholars reject this view and date the Pentateuch much earlier. Part of the support for this theory is the use of Egyptian words in Exodus that would not have been used by later scribes. Much of the prophetic books of the Bible were written during the time of the Divded Kingdom. For more information, i would suggest you get a good study Bible such as The Life Application Bible, which contains a timeline in the front.

Answer 4

What a Stupid Question!!!!!!!!, Surely there are more important matters facing the survival of the earth than this useless bit of trivia. Who Cares????? It doesn't matter, the Bible is a fairytale of monstrous proportions so who cares in what order the episodes go, compare it to Days of our Lives, no difference, goodies and baddies, same story. In modern terms, compare it to "Lord of the Rings or "Harry Potter", all very imaginative stories but all very hard to believe if you have a brain. I would advise you to get a life because if you have so much spare time to participate in this useless type of unimportance, you could find it in your little christian heart to physically do something worthwhile for someone in need. What I really need to know is of what benefit would this useless bit of information be to anyone??

Answer 5

Sure

The Old Testament (620 - 250 BCE)
Isaiah 743 BCE
Genesis 620 BCE
Exodus 620 BCE
Jeremiah 620 BCE
1 Kings (1 Samuel) 610 BCE
Habakkuk 600 BCE
2 Kings (2 Samuel) 600 BCE
Deuteronomy 590 BCE
Lamentations 590 BCE
Ezekiel 590 BCE
Psalms 520 BCE
Zechariah 520 BCE
Joshua 510 BCE
Job 500 BCE
Judges 455 BCE
Ruth 455 BCE
3 Kings (1 Kings) 455 BCE
4 Kings (2 Kings) 455 BCE
1 Chronicles 455 BCE
2 Chronicles 455 BCE
Ezra 455 BCE
Esther 455 BCE
Daniel 455 BCE
Hosea 455 BCE
Joel 455 BCE
Amos 455 BCE
Obadiah 455 BCE
Jonah 455 BCE
Micah 455 BCE
Nahum 455 BCE
Zephaniah 455 BCE
Haggai 455 BCE
Malachi 455 BCE
Leviticus 450 BCE
Numbers 450 BCE
Nehemiah 415 BCE
Proverbs 250 BCE
Ecclesiastes 250 BCE
Song of Solomon (Canticles) 250 BCE

The Gospel of Paul (Matthew/Hebrews) 55 CE
2nd Gospel of Mark (aligned to Paul) 60 CE
Gospel of disciple of Paul (Luke) 75 CE
John 45 CE

Answer 6

In the introductory material to each book it gives a general time frame the book was written. You could compile the information that way.

Answer 7

Look on the internet or pick up your bible and read the timelines in the back or something. I really don't know.

Answer 8

Check a bible. They're free, but I'm sure you can find someone to lie to you, for free, somewhere else, just as easy.

Answer 9

You know what, I can't however, my fellowship teacher I'll bet can. If you really want to know and do not find out soon, contact me and I shall find out for you.

Answer 10

have you tried searching the history of the Bible?