T IMETABLE OF B IBLICAL H ISTORY

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(All dates are B.C. and based on the King James Version of the Bible.)

Creation

4004, Sunday, Oct. 23 (Per Bishop Ussher)
3960 (Per Martin Luther)
3761 (Per Jewish Tradition)

Noah’s flood

2348-2105 (Range of possible starting dates)

Patriarchal Era

c. 2000-1500

Exodus from Egypt

1548-1315 (Implied by Genesis 15:13)
1497 (Implied by 1 Kings 6:1)
1315 (Per author’s analysis in The Bible Myth )
1270-1250 (Majority of biblical scholars)

Entry into Canaan

Forty years after the Exodus

Rule of Judges

Ends c. 1081 (Implied by 1 and 2 Kings)
Ends c. 1020 (Majority view of scholars)

King Saul

1081 (Implied by 1 and 2 Kings)
c.1020 (Majority view of scholars)

King David

1061 (Implied by 1 and 2 Kings)
c. 1000 (Majority view of scholars)

King Solomon

1021 (Implied by 1 and 2 Kings)
c. 960 (Majority view of scholars)

Jerusalem Temple completed

Eleventh year of King Solomon

Judah and Israel split into separate kingdoms

At King Solomon’s death, after forty years on throne

J source document

Probably written between about 960 and 722, but before E, P, and D

E source document

Probably written between about 960 and 722, after J but before P, and D

Israel destroyed by Assyrians

722

P source document

Probably written between 722 and 640, after J and E but before D

King Josiah finds Law of Moses.

622

D source document

Probably written between 622 and 609, after J, E, and P

Daniel brought to Babylon

605

Judah conquered by Chaldaeans of Babylon

587

Babylonian Exile

587-539

King Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylon and frees the Babylonian Jews

539

Esther saves Persian Jews

c. 475

Ezra leaves Babylon and re-introduces the “Law” of Moses in Jerusalem

458

Books of Chronicles, Nehemiah, and Ezra

458 or shortly thereafter—probably written by Ezra or his followers