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Dating the New Testament

The following chronological order of the New Testament books is based on the opinions of several hundred conservative and liberal scholars. 
The listing of individual scholars and their dates for each book of the New Testament is provided in the links at www.errantskeptics.org/DatingNT.htm

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N.T. ORDER CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENT NUMBER RANGE O F DATES   YEAR AUTHOR Listing of Individual Scholars by Name and Their Opinions
  ORDER Jesus Christ's Death and Resurrection SCHOLARS EARLY LATE   AD 33    
13 1 Date for 1 Thessalonians 35 50.9 51.5 A.D. 51.2 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-1-Thessalonians.htm
14 2 Date for 2 Thessalonians 32 51.2 51.9 A.D. 51.5 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-2-Thessalonians.htm
9 3 Galatians 39 50.9 52.3 A.D. 51.4 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Galatians.htm
7 4 1 Corinthians 42 55.0 55.5 A.D. 55.2 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-1-Corinthians.htm
8 5 2 Corinthians 38 55.8 56.2 A.D. 56.0 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-2-Corinthians.htm
6 6 Romans 42 56.7 57.2 A.D. 56.9 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Romans.htm
11 7 Philippians 40 60.1 61.1 A.D. 60.6 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Philippians.htm
18 8 Philemon 36 59.9 61.2 A.D. 60.6 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Philemon.htm
12 9 Colossians 38 60.2 61.3 A.D. 60.7 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Colossians.htm
2 11 Ephesians 37 60.8 62.2 A.D. 61.5 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-The-Gospel-of-Mark.htm
10 12 Date for the Gospel of Mark 71 59.0 64.3 A.D. 61.7 John Mark (1) http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Ephesians.htm
20 10 James 69 52.1 69.3 A.D. 60.7 James http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-James.htm
20 N/A James (Modified) 51 47.0 54.6 A.D. 50.8 James http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Modified-James.htm
15 13 1 Timothy 35 62.9 64.6 A.D. 63.8 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-1-Timothy.htm
17 14 Titus 31 63.2 65.0 A.D. 64.1 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Titus.htm
1 17 2 Timothy 34 65.1 66.4 A.D. 65.8 Paul http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-The-Gospel-of-Matthew.htm
16 16 Date for the Gospel of Matthew 71 62.1 69.0 A.D. 65.5 Matthew http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-2-Timothy.htm
21 15 1 Peter 31 63.2 65.9 A.D. 64.6 Peter http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-1-Peter.htm
3 18 Date for the Gospel of Luke 70 64.1 68.4 A.D. 66.3 Luke http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-The-Gospel-of-Luke.htm
19 20 Hebrews 38 64.6 70.4 A.D. 67.5 Author Unkown(2) http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Hebrews.htm
5 19 Acts 61 66.7 68.1 A.D. 67.4 Luke http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-The-Book-of-Acts.htm
22 21 2 Peter 32 67.2 69.6 A.D. 68.4 Peter http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-2-Peter.htm
26 22 Jude 29 68.1 75.3 A.D. 71.7 Jude http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Jude.htm
4 23 Date for the Gospel of John 60 83.5 89.4 A.D. 86.5 John the Apostle http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-The-Gospel-of-John.htm
23 24 1 John   32 85.8 93.2 A.D. 89.5 John (3) http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-1-John.htm
24 26 2 John 32 86.9 93.8 A.D. 90.3 John the Apostle http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-2-John.htm
25 25 3 John 32 86.4 92.8 A.D. 89.6 John the Apostle http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-3-John.htm
27 27 Revelation 38 90.0 94.3 A.D. 92.2 John the Apostle http://www.errantskeptics.org/Dating-Revelation.htm
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Data content collected and input by Gary Butner, Th.D. Original spreadsheet designed by R.A.Sickler, Ph.D.

(1) John Mark - John was his Hebrew name and Mark his Latin name.
(2) Author unknown. Opinions include Luke, Paul, Barnabas, Apollos, Priscilla and Aquila.
(3) John the Apostle or John the Elder. The evidence is strongest for the apostle.
(4) There is a pronounced difference between scholars for the book of James, and so we have excluded the scholars with higher dates from Modified James.

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