![]() ![]() ![]() Earliest portions of Amos, late 8th/early 7th centuries.Earliest portions of Isaiah 1–39, late 8th century.Earliest portions of Hosea, 8th century. ![]() Dates are approximate, and represent the opinions of the majority of current biblical scholars. The additional books in the Catholic and Orthodox bibles can be found in the table on the deuterocanonical works, and date from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE (see Table III) the New Testament writings from the 1st and 2nd centuries CE (see Table IV). This table summarises the chronology of the Hebrew Bible, which has the same books as the Protestant Old Testament these date from between the 8th and 2nd centuries BCE. Table I: Chronological overview (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament) Tables II, III and IV outline the conclusions of the majority of contemporary scholars on the composition of the Hebrew Bible and the Protestant Old Testament, the deuterocanonical works (also called the Apocrypha), and the New Testament. Table I gives an overview of the periods and dates ascribed to the various books of the Bible. ![]()
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