Bible books

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  • Period: 1250 BCE to 538 BCE

    Genesis

    The book is about the creation of humanity and the era of the patriarchs
    The book is a section of a larger work, the Torah. There have been various hypotheses of its authorship, from Moses, to a series of authors (J, E and P), among others
    As for when it was written, we know that by the time of the Priest Ezra (450 B.C.) the Torah as a whole had already been written. So the book was written at some point between the supposed date of the Exodus (~1250 B.C.) and the return from Babylon (538 B.C.)
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 538 BCE

    Exodus

    The book is about how Moses freed his people from slavery in Egypt
    The book is a section of a larger work, the Torah. There have been various hypotheses of its authorship, from Moses, to a series of authors (J, E and P), among others theories
    As for when it was written, we know that by the time of the Priest Ezra (450 B.C.)the Torah as a whole had already been written.So the book was written at some point between the supposed date of the Exodus (~1250 B.C.) and the return from Babylon (538 B.C.)
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 538 BCE

    Leviticus

    The book is about the laws that The Lord grants to the people of Israel
    The book is a section of a larger work, the Torah. There have been various hypotheses of its authorship, from Moses, to a series of authors (J, E and P), among others
    As for when it was written, we know that by the time of the Priest Ezra (450 B.C.) the Torah as a whole had already been written. So the book was written at some point between the supposed date of the Exodus (~1250 B.C.) and the return from Babylon (538 B.C.)
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 538 BCE

    Numbers

    The book is about the wanderings of the people of Israel in the desert
    The book is a section of a larger work, the Torah. There have been various hypotheses of its authorship, from Moses, to a series of authors (J, E and P), among others
    As for when it was written, we know that by the time of the Priest Ezra (450 B.C.) the Torah as a whole had already been written. So the book was written at some point between the supposed date of the Exodus (~1250 B.C.) and the return from Babylon (538 B.C.)
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 620 BCE

    Deuteronomy

    Deuteronomy is written as Moses' final speech to Israel before he died.
    The book is a section of a larger work, the Torah.
    The book is the most different of all of the Torah, which has led to thinking of an authorship different from that of Moses or that of J, E and P, being in this case an author called D
    It is also thought that this is the oldest book of the Torah, since we know that it was a book lost for a long time until King Josiah discovered it in the late 7th century BC
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 100 BCE

    Psalms

    The psalms are a collection of songs and poems praising God.
    Each psalm has a different author, although most of them were written by the Great King David; although there are also others who claim to be from Moses, Solomon...
    Therefore, the psalms were written from the time of Moses until approximately the 2nd century B.C., although most of them were written by David in the 10th century B.C.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 620 BCE

    The book of Joshua

    The book of Joshua is about how the militar leader Joshua conquers Canaan for the Jews under divine support
    The authorship is unknown
    The date of composition is highly debated, those who believe in the historicity of the text date it immediately after the event (~1200 B.C.) and those who deny its historicity date it to the religious reforms of King Josiah (~620 B.C.)
  • Period: 1100 BCE to 330 BCE

    Ruth

    The book of Ruth is a book about the love between a Moabite and an Israelite despite the difficulties
    The author is unknown
    The date of composition is mysterious, but the dominant currents are that it was written at some point in the reign of David or at the time of Persian domination over Israel.
  • Period: 1047 BCE to 586 BCE

    The book of Judges

    The Book of Judges is about what happens to Israel after the death of Joshua, seeing a cycle of how they fall into paganism, an enemy conquers them, they return to God, He frees them through a judge, Israel returns to paganism again
    The author is unknown
    The book is written at some point in the Jewish monarchy based on internal references, although the book is based on older sources
  • Period: 988 BCE to 100 BCE

    Song of Salomon

    This is a curious book in the Bible because it has no theological purpose or even praising God; It's just a love poem between two young people.
    The text says that it comes from Solomon, so it would indicate a date from the 10th century B.C.
    However, others say that this attribution to Solomon is only a way of saying that it belongs to a literature of wisdom, so its date of composition could be as late as the 2nd century B.C.
  • Period: 988 BCE to 687 BCE

    Proverbs

    The book of Proverbs is a set of sayings and wisdom of the great King Solomon mainly
    Many of the proverbs were written by Solomon, although not all, some come from other people such as Lemuel or Agur; In addition, the text itself clarifies that the current compilation of these sayings comes from the time of King Hezekiah, so the book and the sayings were made from the time of Solomon to that of King Hezekiah.
  • Period: 938 BCE to 180 BCE

    Ecclesiastes

    The book of Ecclesiastes is a long lamentation on all that is life, saying that life is nothing but vanity.
    The author claims to be "son of David" and "to have been king in Jerusalem" so many attribute it to the great King Solomon, who would write it in his last days after all his errors.
    However, there are some who deny that Salomon wrote it and say that the book comes from Hellenistic or Persian times, although always before 180 B.C., which is when Ben Sira cites the book.
  • Period: 928 BCE to 538 BCE

    Samuel

    The book of Samuel (currently divided into I Samuel and II Samuel) is about the Judge Samuel, the first king of Israel Saul and later the life of the great King David
    The author of this work is unknown, except that he lived many years after the events.
    The book was written long after the events, although based on sources presumably contemporary with David and Saul, now lost. Therefore, the book dates from a later point, possibly from the religious reforms of King Josias or the exile to Babylon
  • Period: 871 BCE to 849 BCE

    Obadiah

    The book of Obadiah talks about the revenge that God will take against the nation of Edom for their betrayal of the Jewish people.
    The author is the prophet Obadiah
    It was written during the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah (871 BC - 849 BC)
  • Period: 800 BCE to 200 BCE

    Jonah

    The book of Jonas is a story about a renegade prophet, who tries to escape from the mission that God gives him. However, he is swallowed by a fish while fleeing from it and God revives him after three days, so finally the prophet reluctantly agrees to fulfill the divine mission.
    The author is anonymous
    The date of composition is highly disputed, some say it dates back to the time of the prophet Jonah's life, but others say it actually dates back to the time of Ezra or even Hellenistic times.
  • Period: 788 BCE to 747 BCE

    Amos

    The book of Amos is a call from the prophet to return to worshiping God
    The author is the prophet Amos
    It was written during the reign of the king of Israel Jeroboam II (788 BC - 747 BC)
  • Period: 787 BCE to 687 BCE

    Hosea

    The book of Hosea is the story of the prophet Hosea, who criticizes Israel for its corruption. To demonstrate this, he takes a prostitute woman to demonstrate that corruption.
    It was written by the prophet Hosea
    The book was written at some point during the active time of the prophet Hosea, that is, from the reign of Jeroboam II of Israel to the reign of Hezekiah of Judah (787 B.C.-687 B.C.)
  • Period: 750 BCE to 330 BCE

    Isaiah

    The book of Isaiah is a book that talks about God's judgment against the wicked and the love that God feels for everyone despite everything.
    The author of much of the book is undoubtedly the prophet Isaiah, however, there are some who proposes multiple autorship for the text
    Therefore, the book would date, for the most part, from the life of the prophet Isaiah and, if multiple authorship is believed, the rest of the parts would date from the 6th century B.C to 4th century B.C.
  • Period: 750 BCE to 300 BCE

    Joel

    The book of Joel is divided into two parts, the first describes a plague of locusts and says that God would save them from them if they repented of their sins.
    The second is a prophecy of the end of the world, of the event called "THE DAY OF THE LORD" where God will severely punish the world for its sins, and then redeem it
    The author is the prophet Joel
    It is very difficult to date the text, so a margin for its composition can only be established from 750 B.C to 300 B.C.
  • Period: 750 BCE to 700 BCE

    Micah

    The book of Micah is about the punishment that Judah will receive for imitating the sins of its disappeared sister kingdom Israel. However, at the end of the book, the prophet prophesies about an envoy who would fix all the sins of the Jews, Micah announces that the Messiah would come.
    The author was the prophet Micah
    It was written in the second half of the 8th century B.C.
  • Period: 700 BCE to 100 BCE

    Job

    The book of Job is about one question, why does God allow evil? To answer that question, a story is presented where God allows Satan to torture poor Job, a man who never sinned; However, Job remains loyal to God so he is finally rewarded
    The author is anonymous
    The book has the curiosity of being the only text of the Bible that was not written by a Jew, being written in this case by an Arab or Edomite
    It was written between the 7th century B.C to the 2nd century B.C.
  • Period: 663 BCE to 612 BCE

    Nahum

    The book of Nahum is the sayings of the prophet, speaking about the imminent fall of Assyria and how God governs history and nature under the shadows.
    The author is the prophet Nahum
    It was written between 663 B.C to 612 B.C.
  • Period: 650 BCE to 585 BCE

    Jeremiah

    The book Jeremiah is a great warning from the prophet Jeremiah against Judah, warning them to either repent for their sins to God or else they will be destroyed by Babylon.
    Finally, Judah does not repent, Babylon conquers them and the Jews go into exile to Babylon.
    After the destruction, Jeremiah flees to Egypt, promising the Jews that they will return to their land after 70 years
    The book was written by Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch, therefore, it dates back to the life of the prophet Jeremias
  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    Zephaniah

    The book of Zephaniah is about the coming judgment against Judah for their sins and constant worship of the pagan god Baal.
    The author was the prophet Zephaniah
    As the book itself says, it was written in the reign of Josias of Judah (640 B.C -609 B.C); In fact, from this it can be concluded that Zephaniah, along with Jeremiah, were the ones who helped Josias during his reforms.
  • Period: 612 BCE to 586 BCE

    Habakkuk

    The book of Habakkuk is a short dialogue between the prophet and God, where the importance of faith is discussed.
    It was written by the prophet Habakkuk
    It was written at some point between the fall of Nineveh (612 B.C.) to the fall of Jerusalem (586 B.C.)
  • Period: 597 BCE to 585 BCE

    Lamentations

    Lamentations is a song of lament for the destruction of Judah by Babylon.
    It was written by the prophet Jeremiah, therefore it dates back to some point at the end of his life.
  • Period: 592 BCE to 571 BCE

    Ezekiel

    The book of Ezekiel is about the visions of Ezekiel, who has special revelations from God that develop the relationship between God and his people Israel.
    The book was composed by Ezekiel, and possibly his disciples
    It was written during the beginning of the Babylonian captivity.
  • Period: 586 BCE to 538 BCE

    Kings

    The book of Kings (currently divided into I Kings and II Kings) is about the history of the kings after David, from the great king Solomon, the division of the kingdom between the north (Israel) and the south (Judah). The book continues throughout the history of the kingdoms, ending with the fall of Israel to Assyria and the fall of Judah to Babylon
    The author is unknown, other than he wrote this during the Babylonian exile, using older sources contemporary with the events described.
  • Period: 586 BCE to 100 BCE

    Daniel

    The book is about the Jewish prophet Daniel, who has revelations about the future while living in the Babylonian and Persian courts.
    The author is anonymous
    Those who believe in the historicity of the text date it to the time of exile.
    Those who do not believe in the historicity of the text date it during the invasion of the Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanies to Israel, that is, from 167 to 164 BC.
    There are also some versions with more additions, those additions were made around 100 B.C.
  • Period: 538 BCE to 410 BCE

    Zechariah

    It talks about different prophecies about THE DAY OF THE LORD and the coming of the messiah
    The first 8 chapters were indisputably written by the prophet Zechariah, but some say that the rest was written by a disciple of the prophet, named Second Zechariah.
    Zechariah lived in the time immediately after the exile, therefore he would write from the end of the exile to the approximate date of his death If the theory of the Second Zechariah is true, then his oracles would date from before 410 B.C.
  • Period: 520 BCE to 515 BCE

    Haggai

    The book of Haggai is a critique that the prophet makes of post-exilic Israel, on how they should restore the old Jewish glory.
    The author was a disciple of the prophet Haggai, who preserved his teacher's prophecies in writing.
    It was written somewhere between 520 B.C to 515 B.C.
  • Period: 510 BCE to 403 BCE

    Malachi

    The book of Malachi is an exhortation to the Jewish priesthood to return to good practices
    The author is anonymous, since the name Malaquias is just a title (meaning "Messenger"); Many names have been proposed that could be this Malachi, one of the most popular options being that Malachi is a pseudonym of the priest Ezra.
    It was written at some point between the death of Zerubbabel (~510 B.C.) to the death of Nehemiah (~403 B.C.)
  • Period: 504 BCE to 421 BCE

    Chronicles

    Chronicles is a recapitulation of the history of the people of Israel, from the first human, Adam, to the end of the exile with the Persian conquest of Babylon, focusing primarily on the history of the southern kingdom of Judah
    The author was the priest Ezra, who wrote this to remind Israel their history and their mistakes so In this return to Canaan after the exile they will not mess it up
    Therefore, the book was written during the life of Ezra, that is, approximately from 504 B.C to 421 B.C.
  • Period: 504 BCE to 421 BCE

    Ezra-Nehemiah

    Currently divided into two parts, it is about Israel's return to Canaan. Talk about how Zerubbabel rebuilt the temple of God, how Ezra promulgated the Torah, and how Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.
    However, the book ends tragically with Nehemiah seeing how his efforts were in vain and the people desecrate the temple and disobey the Torah, so Nehemiah laments to God and asks Him to remember his efforts
    The book was a choral work between Ezra and Nehemiah, so it dates back to their lives.
  • Period: 486 BCE to 100 BCE

    Esther

    It is about how the Persian queen Esther saves the Jewish people from a genocidal plot
    Those who believe in the authenticity of the text believe that the book was composed by Mordecai, Esther's cousin. Those who not thinks its anonimous
    Those who give authenticity to the text place its date of composition around the 5th century B.C., those who do not give it credibility date it to the 3rd century B.C
    Also, some churchs have a text with additions, those additions are from the 2nd century B.C.
  • Period: 40 to 100

    Catholic Letters

    The Catholic letters are a set of letters written by different authorities of the early church, which vary from being very primitive theological works to very personalistic letters.
    These cards are:
    -The 2 letters of the apostle Peter (~55-64)
    -The letter to the Hebrews, by an anonymous author (~70)
    -The letter of James, brother of Jesus (~45)
    -The letter of Judas, brother of Jesus (~60)
    -The 3 letters of the apostle John (~90-~100)
  • Period: 50 to 60

    Gospel of Mark

    The gospel is about the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah/Christ.
    This gospel goes to the Romans, focusing on the miracles of Christ
    The author is John Mark, disciple of Peter, apostle of Christ.
    The gospel is directed to a Gentile audience, especially to the Christians of Rome in the 1st century.
  • Period: 52 to 67

    Pauline Letters

    The Pauline letters are a set of letters from the Apostle Paul that he addresses to a variety of early Christian communities (Corinth, Thessaloniki, Ephesus, Colosse...) where he criticizes their behavior and talks about how to live a life in accordance with Christian precepts.
    There is also a collection of three letters (Titus, Philemon and Timothy) called pastoral letters that the apostle addresses to his friends and talks about more intimate topics
  • Period: 55 to 70

    Gospel of Matthew

    The gospel is about the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah/Christ.
    The Gospel goes to the Jews, teaching them how Jesus was their promised Messiah through quotes from the prophets.
    The author is Matthew, apostle of Christ
    This gospel has two versions, the original written in Aramaic, which was written around 50-60, this version has been lost and only its second version remains, the Greek version, possibly translated by Matthew himself.
  • Period: 60 to 62

    Gospel of Luke

    The gospel is about the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah/Christ.
    This gospel focuses on the teachings of Jesus, showing him as a great teacher
    The author is Luke, disciple of Paul.
    Luke in his gospel uses different sources, including the Gospel of Mark, so we know that this Gospel is later than Mark. In the sequel of this gospel, Acts of the Apostles, was finished around 64, so we can conclude that the gospel was written around that time (60 - 64)
  • Period: 60 to 62

    Acts of the Apostles

    The book is about what the apostles did after the death of Jesus, focusing on the apostle Peter and Paul.
    The book was written by Luke, a disciple of Paul.
    We know that the book was finished around the year 62 because of its abrupt ending, where Paul is taken to Rome and suddenly ends the book without seeing Paul's trial. So we can conclude that the book was finished while the event was happening, that is, around 62
  • Period: 90 to 95

    Gospel of John

    The gospel is about the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah/Christ.
    In the book the author gives his identity, although he only says he is "The beloved disciple", if we contrast the appearances of the "beloved disciple" in the gospel with the rest, we discover that he in reality the Apostle John
    The book was written around the year 90 in Ephesus, with an old John, who writes this book as a way to preserve his memories of his Master Jesus Christ
  • Period: 90 to 96

    Apocalypse of John

    This book is about the final revelations sent by God to the apostle John, where past, present and future prophecies are revealed to him. He is also shown the end of Satan and the Second Coming of Christ.
    The author of the work was, as the same book says, the apostle John
    The book was written during Domitian's persecution of Christians, with John exiled to the Greek island of Patmos.