


The Deuterocanonical books fall largely in between. Also, look for the free chronological Bible reading schedule on our Bible Reading Plans page. The New Testament books were composed largely in the second half of the 1st century CE. There is no information about the author in the book itself. Of the 66 books total, the Bible is divided into the 39 books of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the 27 books of the New Testament (after Christ). It is also the first one in the first major division of the Hebrew Bible, called the Torah.

Books marked with an asterisk are apocryphal/deuterocanonical those marked with two asterisks are pseudepigrapha books. The Bible Timelines 16-panel design (eight Old Testament and eight New Testament panels) leads children from the creation of the world in Genesis to the. 1 Book: Genesis Author: Genesis is the first book in the list of the books of the Bible in chronological sequence. Below are approximate dates of when each book of the Bible was written, listed in chronological order with links to each book and its video introduction on Bible Gateway.
