When Was the Bible Written? A Biblical Timeline Perspective

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✅ **Biblical Timeline Overview:**
- **Creation:** 4004 B.C. (According to Ussher).
- **First Written Book:** Likely **Job**, written **2000–1800 B.C.**
- Approx. **2,000 years after Creation** before the first Scripture was recorded.

✅ **The Flood & Early Writing:**
- **Flood Date:** 2348 B.C.
- **Job Written:** **350–550 years after the Flood**—well within lifespans of post-Flood generations.

✅ **Moses & The First Five Books:**
- **Moses writes Genesis–Deuteronomy:** **1450–1400 B.C.**
- **Education in Pharaoh’s court** provided academic knowledge, but **divine inspiration** ensured accuracy.

✅ **Completion of the Old Testament:**
- **Last Old Testament book:** **Malachi, around 400 B.C.**

✅ **New Testament Writing:**
- **NT written between A.D. 45 and 95.**
- **Final book:** **Revelation**.

✅ **Divine Inspiration Reminder:**
- **2 Peter 1:21**: "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
- **Bible is God’s perfect, preserved Word**, not just human history.

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