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'''Exile:''' The time of the [[Babylonian Captivity]] (587-520 BC).
'''Exile:''' The time of the [[Babylonian Captivity]] (587-520 BC).
== The complete canon ==


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|Prophecy
|Prophecy
|TNK
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== The Pentateuch ==
{|class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse;"
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!Biblical order
!Topic
!Composition
!Genre
!style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#EDEDED"
|align="center" colspan="5"|<span style="display:none">00</span>Click on the [[File:Sort none.gif]] sort symbols above to sort the table by the values in that column.
|- style="background:#FFEAEA"
|<span style="display:none">01</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/pentateuch.htm Genesis]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">01</span>17th to 16th BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">04</span> 11th BC to 6th BC
|Torah
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEAEA"
|<span style="display:none">02</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/exodus/intro.htm Exodus]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">02</span>Exodus
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">05</span>11th BC to 6th BC
|Torah
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEAEA"
|<span style="display:none">03</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/leviticus/intro.htm Leviticus]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">04</span>Exodus
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">02</span>13th BC to 6th BC
|Torah
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEAEA"
|<span style="display:none">04</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/numbers/intro.htm Numbers]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">05</span>Exodus
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">03</span>13th BC to 6th BC
|Torah
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEAEA"
|<span style="display:none">05</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/intro.htm Deuteronomy]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">06</span>Exodus
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">24</span>649 to 609 BC
|Torah
|TNK
|}
== History ==
{|class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
!Biblical order
!Topic
!Composition
!Genre
!style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">06</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/intro.htm Joshua]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">07</span>Judges
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">08</span>9th to 6th BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">07</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/judges/intro.htm Judges]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">08</span>Judges
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">17</span>7th to 6th BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">08</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ruth/intro.htm Ruth]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">09</span>Judges
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">06</span> 10th / 5th BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">09</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/historical.htm 1 Samuel]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">11</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">09</span> 9th BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">10</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/historical.htm 2 Samuel]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">12</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">10</span> 9th BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">11</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1kings/intro.htm 1 Kings]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">13</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">22</span>640 to 609 BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">12</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1kings/intro.htm 2 Kings]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">14</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">23</span>640 to 609 BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">13</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1chronicles/intro.htm 1 Chronicles]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">15</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">13</span> 8th to 3rd BC
|History
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFEEFF"
|<span style="display:none">14</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2chronicles/intro.htm 2 Chronicles]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">16</span>Kings
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">14</span> 8th to 3rd BC
|History
|TNK
|}
== Prophecy ==
{|class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
!Biblical order
!Topic
!Composition
!Genre
!style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">29</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/isaiah/intro.htm Isaiah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">18</span>8th & 6th-5th BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">16</span>8th to 5th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">30</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/jeremiah/intro.htm Jeremiah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">26</span>627-587 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">21</span>7th to 6th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">31</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/lamentations/intro.htm Lamentations]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">28</span>587 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">26</span>Exile
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">32</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/baruch/intro.htm Baruch]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">29</span>587 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">32</span>Post-exilic
|Prophecy
|style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">33</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ezekiel/intro.htm Ezekiel]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">27</span>593-573 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">25</span>Exile
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">34</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/daniel/intro.htm Daniel]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">42</span>587-539 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">43</span>2nd BC
|Prophecy
|style="background:#6BF0F7;"|LXX & TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">35</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/hosea/intro.htm Hosea]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">19</span>8th BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">12</span>8th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">36</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/joel/intro.htm Joel]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">38</span>450 to 350 BC?
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">34</span>5th to 4th?
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">37</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/amos/intro.htm Amos]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">17</span>786-742 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">11</span>8th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">38</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/obadiah/obadiah.htm Obadiah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">39</span>450 to 312 BC?
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">35</span>5th to 4th BC?
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">39</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/jonah/intro.htm Jonah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">22</span>786-746 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">33</span>Post-exilic
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">40</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/micah/intro.htm Micah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">20</span>740 to 687 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">15</span>8th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">41</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/nahum/intro.htm Nahum]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">21</span>612 to 609 BC?
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">19</span>7th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">42</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/habakkuk/intro.htm Habakkuk]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">25</span>612 to 609 BC?
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">20</span>7th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">43</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/habakkuk/intro.htm Zephaniah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">24</span>640 to 609 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">18</span>7th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">44</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/haggai/intro.htm Haggai]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">30</span>520 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">27</span>6th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|- style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">45</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/zechariah/intro.htm Zechariah]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">31</span>520 to 499 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">28</span>6th to 5th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|-style="background:#FFFBDF"
|<span style="display:none">46</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/malachi/intro.htm Malachi]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">32</span>after 515 BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">29</span>6th BC
|Prophecy
|TNK
|}
== Wisdom ==
{|class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-style:solid; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
!Biblical order
!Topic
!Composition
!Genre
!style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">22</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/job/intro.htm Job]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">35</span>N/A
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">30</span>Post-exilic
|Wisdom
|TNK
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">23</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/psalms/intro.htm Psalms]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">03</span>13th to 5th BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">01</span>13th to 5th BC
|Wisdom
|TNK
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">24</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/proverbs/intro.htm Proverbs]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">33</span>Solomon
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">08</span>10th to 6th?
|Wisdom
|TNK
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">25</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ecclesiastes/intro.htm Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">41</span>Solomon
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">39</span>3rd to 2nd BC
|Wisdom
|TNK
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">26</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/songs/intro.htm Song of Songs]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">34</span>Solomon
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">31</span>Post-exilic
|Wisdom
|TNK
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">27</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/wisdom/intro.htm Wisdom]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">44</span>1st BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">46</span>1st BC
|Wisdom
|style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|- style="background:#F4FFFD"
|<span style="display:none">28</span>[http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/sirach/intro.htm Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)]
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">43</span>2nd BC
|align="right"|<span style="display:none">44</span>2nd BC
|Wisdom
|style="background:#DBF0F7;"|LXX
|}
|}


== Links ==
== Links ==
* [http://www3.canisius.edu/~moleski/handouts/canon.pdf "Canon of the OT and the NT."]
* [http://www3.canisius.edu/~moleski/handouts/canon.pdf "Canon of the OT and the NT."]


[[Category:Scripture Studies]]
[[Category:Scripture Studies]]

Revision as of 16:42, 28 February 2011

See the article on the canon for the general idea of how the "official list of books in the Old Testament" developed from TNK and LXX.

The Chronological order is approximately by the date of the topical material in the book. The book of Jonah, for example, tells a story that would have taken place in the 8th century BC but almost certainly was composed after the exile.

The Composition order is only very roughly indicative of when the books (or the material in them) might have been begun. Scholars disagree endlessly over when composition may have begun and when the final edition may have been completed.

X - Do a timeline ...

Exile: The time of the Babylonian Captivity (587-520 BC).

The complete canon

Biblical order Topic Composition Genre LXX
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01Genesis 0117th to 16th BC 04 11th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
02Exodus 02Exodus 0511th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
03Leviticus 04Exodus 0213th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
04Numbers 05Exodus 0313th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
05Deuteronomy 06Exodus 24649 to 609 BC Torah TNK
06Joshua 07Judges 089th to 6th BC History TNK
07Judges 08Judges 177th to 6th BC History TNK
08Ruth 09Judges 06 10th / 5th BC History TNK
091 Samuel 11Kings 09 9th BC History TNK
102 Samuel 12Kings 10 9th BC History TNK
111 Kings 13Kings 22640 to 609 BC History TNK
122 Kings 14Kings 23640 to 609 BC History TNK
131 Chronicles 15Kings 13 8th to 3rd BC History TNK
142 Chronicles 16Kings 14 8th to 3rd BC History TNK
15Ezra 36458, 428, 398 BC? 37 5th to 3rd BC History TNK
16Nehemiah 37Before or after Ezra 38 5th to 3rd BC History TNK
17Tobit 237th BC 402nd BC History LXX
18Judith 106th BC 451st BC History LXX
19Esther 40485-465 BC 365th-3rd BC History TNK
201 Maccabees 45167-139 BC 412nd to 1st BC History LXX
212 Maccabees 46164 BC 422nd to 1st BC History LXX
22Job 35N/A 30Post-exilic Wisdom TNK
23Psalms 0313th to 5th BC 0113th to 5th BC Wisdom TNK
24Proverbs 33Solomon 0810th to 6th? Wisdom TNK
25Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) 41Solomon 393rd to 2nd BC Wisdom TNK
26Song of Songs 34Solomon 31Post-exilic Wisdom TNK
27Wisdom 441st BC 461st BC Wisdom LXX
28Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 432nd BC 442nd BC Wisdom LXX
29Isaiah 188th & 6th-5th BC 168th to 5th BC Prophecy TNK
30Jeremiah 26627-587 BC 217th to 6th BC Prophecy TNK
31Lamentations 28587 BC 26Exile Prophecy TNK
32Baruch 29587 BC 32Post-exilic Prophecy LXX
33Ezekiel 27593-573 BC 25Exile Prophecy TNK
34Daniel 42587-539 BC 432nd BC Prophecy LXX & TNK
35Hosea 198th BC 128th BC Prophecy TNK
36Joel 38450 to 350 BC? 345th to 4th? Prophecy TNK
37Amos 17786-742 BC 118th BC Prophecy TNK
38Obadiah 39450 to 312 BC? 355th to 4th BC? Prophecy TNK
39Jonah 22786-746 BC 33Post-exilic Prophecy TNK
40Micah 20740 to 687 BC 158th BC Prophecy TNK
41Nahum 21612 to 609 BC? 197th BC Prophecy TNK
42Habakkuk 25612 to 609 BC? 207th BC Prophecy TNK
43Zephaniah 24640 to 609 BC 187th BC Prophecy TNK
44Haggai 30520 BC 276th BC Prophecy TNK
45Zechariah 31520 to 499 BC 286th to 5th BC Prophecy TNK
46Malachi 32after 515 BC 296th BC Prophecy TNK

The Pentateuch

Biblical order Topic Composition Genre LXX
00Click on the sort symbols above to sort the table by the values in that column.
01Genesis 0117th to 16th BC 04 11th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
02Exodus 02Exodus 0511th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
03Leviticus 04Exodus 0213th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
04Numbers 05Exodus 0313th BC to 6th BC Torah TNK
05Deuteronomy 06Exodus 24649 to 609 BC Torah TNK

History

Biblical order Topic Composition Genre LXX
06Joshua 07Judges 089th to 6th BC History TNK
07Judges 08Judges 177th to 6th BC History TNK
08Ruth 09Judges 06 10th / 5th BC History TNK
091 Samuel 11Kings 09 9th BC History TNK
102 Samuel 12Kings 10 9th BC History TNK
111 Kings 13Kings 22640 to 609 BC History TNK
122 Kings 14Kings 23640 to 609 BC History TNK
131 Chronicles 15Kings 13 8th to 3rd BC History TNK
142 Chronicles 16Kings 14 8th to 3rd BC History TNK

Prophecy

Biblical order Topic Composition Genre LXX
29Isaiah 188th & 6th-5th BC 168th to 5th BC Prophecy TNK
30Jeremiah 26627-587 BC 217th to 6th BC Prophecy TNK
31Lamentations 28587 BC 26Exile Prophecy TNK
32Baruch 29587 BC 32Post-exilic Prophecy LXX
33Ezekiel 27593-573 BC 25Exile Prophecy TNK
34Daniel 42587-539 BC 432nd BC Prophecy LXX & TNK
35Hosea 198th BC 128th BC Prophecy TNK
36Joel 38450 to 350 BC? 345th to 4th? Prophecy TNK
37Amos 17786-742 BC 118th BC Prophecy TNK
38Obadiah 39450 to 312 BC? 355th to 4th BC? Prophecy TNK
39Jonah 22786-746 BC 33Post-exilic Prophecy TNK
40Micah 20740 to 687 BC 158th BC Prophecy TNK
41Nahum 21612 to 609 BC? 197th BC Prophecy TNK
42Habakkuk 25612 to 609 BC? 207th BC Prophecy TNK
43Zephaniah 24640 to 609 BC 187th BC Prophecy TNK
44Haggai 30520 BC 276th BC Prophecy TNK
45Zechariah 31520 to 499 BC 286th to 5th BC Prophecy TNK
46Malachi 32after 515 BC 296th BC Prophecy TNK


Wisdom

Biblical order Topic Composition Genre LXX
22Job 35N/A 30Post-exilic Wisdom TNK
23Psalms 0313th to 5th BC 0113th to 5th BC Wisdom TNK
24Proverbs 33Solomon 0810th to 6th? Wisdom TNK
25Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) 41Solomon 393rd to 2nd BC Wisdom TNK
26Song of Songs 34Solomon 31Post-exilic Wisdom TNK
27Wisdom 441st BC 461st BC Wisdom LXX
28Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 432nd BC 442nd BC Wisdom LXX

Links

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