| BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
| BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | |||
| BOOK | PROBABLE DATE | BOOK | DATE |
| Genesis | c.1250-1200 B.C. | Matthew | c.40-60 |
| Exodus | c.1250-1200 B.C. | Mark | c.45-60 |
| Leviticus | c.1250-1200 B.C. | Luke | 57-60 |
| Numbers | c.1250-1200 B.C. | John | c.40-65 |
| Deuteronomy | c.1250-1200 B.C. | Acts | 57-62 |
| Joshua | c.1200 B.C. | Romans | 57 |
| Judges | c.1200 B.C. | 1 Corinthians | 55 |
| Ruth | c.1000 B.C. | 2 Corinthians | 56 |
| 1st Samuel | c.700 B.C. | Galatians | 56 |
| 2nd Samuel | c.700 B.C. | Ephesians | 58 |
| 1st Kings | c.600 B.C. | Philippians | 58 |
| 2nd Kings | c.600 B.C. | Colossians | 58 |
| 1st Chronicles | c.350 B.C. | 1 Thessalonians | early 50 |
| 2nd Chronicles | c.350 B.C. | 2 Thessalonians | 50-51 |
| Ezra | c.400 B.C. | 1 Timothy | 55 |
| Nehemiah | c.400 B.C. | 2 Timothy | 58 |
| Tobit | c.200 B.C. | Titus | 57 |
| Judith | c.150 B.C. | Philemon | 58 |
| Esther | c.300 B.C. | Hebrews | c.67 |
| 1st Maccabees | c.100 B.C. | James | 40's |
| 2nd Maccabees | c.125 B.C. | 1 Peter | 65 |
| Job | c.500 B.C. | 2 Peter | 61-62 |
| Psalms | c.500 B.C. | 1 John | 57-62 |
| Proverbs | c.450 B.C. | 2 John | 57-62 |
| Ecclesiastes | c.300 B.C. | 3 John | 57-62 |
| Song of Songs | c.450 B.C. | Jude | 61-62 |
| Wisdom | c.100 B.C. | Revelation | 68-70 |
| Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) | c.180 B.C. | ||
| Isaiah | c.700 B.C. | ||
| Jermiah | c.585 B.C. | ||
| Lamentations | c.550 B.C. | ||
| Baruch | c.550 B.C. | ||
| Ezekiel | c.590 B.C. | ||
| Daniel | c.165 B.C. | ||
| Hosea | c.750 B.C. | ||
| Joel | c.400 B.C. | ||
| Amos | c.750 B.C. | ||
| Obadiah | c.500 B.C. | ||
| Jonah | c.450 B.C. | ||
| Micah | c.740 B.C. | ||
| Nahum | c.612 B.C. | ||
| Habakkuk | c.600 B.C. | ||
| Zephaniah | c.620 B.C. | ||
| Haggai | c.520 B.C. | ||
| Zechariah | c.520 B.C. | ||
| Malachi | c.450 B.C. | ||
Source of dates of New Testament: John A. T. Robinson, "Redating The New Testament" 1976.
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There are a few complications: The Pentatuch (Genesis through Deuteronomy) are actually a combination of writings from two eras, the latter contemporaneous with the Exile and return (appx 590 BC). So the table perhaps oversimplifies by listing only the earliest date. Another slight problem is that Isaiah is believed to be both pre-and post exilic (Chs 1-39 pre-Exile), Chs 40 - during Exile.
Regarding the New Testament, in the first table in the opening post I like the “early Aramaic version of Matthew” much better than what the scholars simply call “Q”. This would really be much of the material common to Matthew and Luke but not found in Mark.
This might seem silly, but I have just begun to wonder who wrote the Books of Moses. I would guess it wasn’t Moses.