Editing Timeline of the Bible

Historical Timeline of the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament

== OLD TESTAMENT ==

=== Genesis ===
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!Theoretical 
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!Dating of Scriptural Writing 
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| rowspan="3" |Creation
|13 billion years ago
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|Theory: God's Creation is the Big Bang. Note that the Catholic Church does not adhere to any particular theory or timeline of Creation. See the [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/74/ CCC 282] for "Catechesis on Creation")
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|1 Anno Mundi (AM)<ref>The Anno Mundi calendar was established in the 12th century A.D.  Ancient Jews counted by reference, as was typically done in the ancient world ("regnal years"), by the year of a king (the tenth year of Kind David"), noting every 50 years for Jubilees, or "Sabbatical years" of seven years.

To calculate the Julian (modern) calendar year using the Hebrew calendar, add 3,760 to the current year before the Jewish new year in September (Rosh Hashanah takes place, depending on the year, somewhere between September 11 and October 4) or 3,761 after the Jewish new year (up to the Jewish new year).</ref>
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|Transposing the Hebrew calendar to the Julian Calendar, the universe was created 3,761 BC. The Hebrew calendar is based upon a literal counting of the lifespans of Adam and his descendants, as reported in the Old Testament, going backwards from 
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|6,000-10.000 years ago
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|Fundamentalist theory: literal counting of the years and lifespans backwards from the current time
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|God Creates Adam & Eve
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|The Flood
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|Birth of Abraham
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|1948
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=== Historical Books ===
Sources

[https://www.biblegateway.com/learn/bible-101/about-the-bible/when-was-the-bible-written/ When Was Each Book of the Bible Written? | Bible Gateway News & Knowledge]
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!Theoretical 
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!Dating of Scriptural Writing 
!Notes
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|Joshua
|1400-1370 BC
|written late 600s BC
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|Judges
|1045-1000 BC
|written late 600s BC
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|Ruth
|11011-931 BC 
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|likely time period of King David
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|Books of Samuel
|930-722 BC
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|written during reign of Josiah
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|Books of Kings
|560-540 BC
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|Chronicles
|450-425 BC
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|Ezra
|440-430 BC
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|Nehemiah
|430-400 BC
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|Esther
|c. 400 BC
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