The Old Testament and New Testament together make up the Christian Biblical canon.
The Old Testament includes the books of the Hebrew Bible, and may include deuterocanonical books. Orthodox Christians, Catholics and Protestants use different Old Testament Biblical canons.The Protestant Old Testament Bible has 39 books. The Hebrew Bible has the same books, but combines them to total 24 books. Differences between Old Testament canons: the Hebrew Bible; Samaritan Pentateuch; Syriac Peshitta; Latin Vulgate; Greek Septuagint, and Ethiopian Bible are more substantial.
Genesis | 1400 BC
2 of 40
1400 BC
Genesis
Date: 1400 BC Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD Gap (Years): 1044-1522 Years
Exodus | 1400 BC
3 of 40
1400 BC
Exodus
Date: 1400 BC Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD Gap (Years): 1044-1522 Years
Leviticus | 1400 BC
4 of 40
1400 BC
Leviticus
Date: 1400 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 1044-1522 Years
Numbers | 1400 BC
5 of 40
1400 BC
Numbers
Date: 1400 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 1044-1522 Years
Deuteronomy | 1400 BC
6 of 40
1400 BC
Deuteronomy
Date: 1410 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 1054-1532 Years
Job | 1195 BC
7 of 40
1195 BC
Job
Date: 1195 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 839-1317 Years
1 Samuel | 1038 BC
8 of 40
1038 BC
1 Samuel
Date: 1038 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 682-1160 Years
Judges | 1023 BC
9 of 40
1023 BC
Judges
Date: 1023 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 667-1145 Years
Ruth | 971 BC
10 of 40
971 BC
Ruth
Date: 971 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 615-1093 Years
2 Samuel | 960 BC
11 of 40
960 BC
2 Samuel
Date: 960 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 604-1082 Years
Ecclesiastes (Apocrypha) | 935 BC
12 of 40
935 BC
Ecclesiastes (Apocrypha)
Date: 935 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 579-1057 Years
Song of Solomon | 935 BC
13 of 40
935 BC
Song of Solomon
Date: 965 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 609-1087 Years
Proverbs | 900 BC
14 of 40
900 BC
Proverbs
Date: 900 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 544-1022 Years
Obadiah | 844 BC
15 of 40
844 BC
Obadiah
Date: 844 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 488-966 Years
Joel | 818 BC
16 of 40
818 BC
Joel
Date: 818 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 462-940 Years
Jonah | 776 BC
17 of 40
776 BC
Jonah
Date: 776 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 420-898 Years
Psalms | 768 BC
18 of 40
768 BC
Psalms
Date: 768 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 412-890 Years
Amos | 757 BC
19 of 40
757 BC
Amos
Date: 757 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 401-879 Years
Hosea | 740 BC
20 of 40
740 BC
Hosea
Date: 740 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 384-862 Years
Zephaniah | 730 BC
21 of 40
730 BC
Zephaniah
Date: 730 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 374-852 Years
Micah | 718 BC
22 of 40
718 BC
Micah
Date: 718 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 362-840 Years
Isaiah | 691 BC
23 of 40
691 BC
Isaiah
Date: 691 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 335-813 Years
Nahum | 638 BC
24 of 40
638 BC
Nahum
Date: 638 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 282-760 Years
Habakkuk | 608 BC
25 of 40
608 BC
Habakkuk
Date: 608 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 252-730 Years
Jeremiah | 605 BC
26 of 40
605 BC
Jeremiah
Date: 605 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 249-727 Years
Lamentations | 581 BC
27 of 40
581 BC
Lamentations
Date: 581 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 225-703 Years
Ezekiel | 579 BC
28 of 40
579 BC
Ezekiel
Date: 579 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 223-701 Years
1 Kings | 550 BC
29 of 40
550 BC
1 Kings
Date: 550 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 194-672 Years
2 Kings | 550 BC
30 of 40
550 BC
2 Kings
Date: 550 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 194-672 Years
Joshua | 539 BC
31 of 40
539 BC
Joshua
Date: 1420 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 1064-1542 Years
Daniel | 535 BC
32 of 40
535 BC
Daniel
Date: 535 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 179-657 Years
Haggai | 520 BC
33 of 40
520 BC
Haggai
Date: 520 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 164-642 Years
Zechariah | 495 BC
34 of 40
495 BC
Zechariah
Date: 495 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 139-617 Years
Ezra | 450 BC
35 of 40
450 BC
Ezra
Date: 450 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 94-572 Years
1 Chronicles | 438 BC
36 of 40
438 BC
1 Chronicles
Date: 438 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 82-560 Years
2 Chronicles | 438 BC
37 of 40
438 BC
2 Chronicles
Date: 438 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 82-560 Years
Nehemiah | 433 BC
38 of 40
433 BC
Nehemiah
Date: 433 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 77-555 Years
Malachi | 420 BC
39 of 40
420 BC
Malachi
Date: 420 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 64-542 Years
Esther | 405 BC
40 of 40
405 BC
Esther
Date: 405 BC
Dead Sea Scrolls: 356 BC-122 AD
Gap (Years): 49-527 Years
All Timeline events are historical and dating is approximate, or Circa. Circa (from Latin, meaning 'around, about') signifies 'approximately'. Circa is widely used in historical writing when event dates are not accurately known.
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What is Old Testament?
The Old Testament (OT) is the first part of Christian Bibles. This is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God. The second part of the Christian Bible isthe New Testament.
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The books that comprise the Old Testament canon, as well as their order and names, differ between Christian denominations. The Catholic canon comprises 46 books, and the canons of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches comprise up to 51 books and the most common Protestant canon comprises 39 books.
