Old Testament
- Job: Considered earliest, but date unknown
- Genesis: 1445-1405 BC
- Exodus: 1445-1405 BC
- Leviticus: 1445-1405 BC
- Numbers: 1445-1405 BC
- Deuteronomy: 1445-1405 BC
- Psalms: 1410-450 BC
- Joshua: 1405-1385 BC
- Judges: 1043 BC
- Ruth: 1030-1010 BC
- Song of Songs: 971-965 BC
- Proverbs: 971-686 BC
- Ecclesiastes: 940-931 BC
- 1 Samuel: 931-722 BC
- 2 Samuel: 931-722 BC
- Obadiah: 850-840 BC
- Joel: 835-796 BC
- Jonah: 775 BC
- Amos: 750 BC
- Hosea: 750-710 BC
- Micah: 735-710 BC
- Isaiah: 700-681 BC
- Nahum: 650 BC
- Zephaniah: 635-625 BC
- Habakkuk: 615-605 BC
- Ezekiel: 590-570 BC
- Lamentations: 586 BC
- Jeremiah: 586-570 BC
- 1 Kings: 561-538 BC
- 2 Kings: 561-538 BC
- Judith*: Uncertain (538 BC-AD 70)
- Daniel: 536-530 BC
- Haggai: 520 BC
- Baruch*: 500-100 BC
- Zechariah: 480-470 BC
- Ezra: 457-444 BC
- 1 Chronicles: 450-430 BC
- 2 Chronicles: 450-430 BC
- Esther: 450-331 BC
- Malachi: 433-424 BC
- Nehemiah: 424-400 BC
- Susanna*: 400 BC-AD 70
- Psalm 151*: 400 BC-AD 100
- Letter of Jeremiah*: 307-317 BC
- Tobit*: 225-175 BC
- Ben Sira (Sirach)*: 200-175 BC
- Bel and the Dragon*: 200-100 BC
- Greek Esther*: 200-1 BC
- Prayer of Azariah*: 200-1 BC
- 1 Maccabees*: 150-100 BC
- 2 Maccabees*: 150-100 BC
- 1 Esdras*: 100 BC-AD 100
- Prayer of Manasseh*: 100-1 BC
- 3 Maccabees**: 100-1 BC
- 4 Maccabees**: 100-1 BC
- Wisdom*: 50-20 BC
- 2 Esdras**: AD 100-200
*A deuterocanonical/apocryphal book
**A pseudepigrapha book
New Testament
- James: AD 44-49
- Galatians: AD 49-50
- Mark: AD 50-60
- Matthew: AD 50-60
- 1 Thessalonians: AD 51
- 2 Thessalonians: AD 51-52
- 1 Corinthians: AD 55
- 2 Corinthians: AD 55-56
- Romans: AD 56
- Luke: AD 60-61
- Ephesians: AD 60-62
- Philippians: AD 60-62
- Philemon: AD 60-62
- Colossians: AD 60-62
- Acts: AD 62
- 1 Timothy: AD 62-64
- Titus: AD 62-64
- 1 Peter: AD 64-65
- 2 Timothy: AD 66-67
- 2 Peter: AD 67-68
- Hebrews: AD 67-69
- Jude: AD 68-70
- John: AD 80-90
- 1 John: AD 90-95
- 2 John: AD 90-95
- 3 John: AD 90-95
- Revelation: AD 94-96
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