| PERIOD |
TIME |
BOOKS |
| I. |
Ante Deluvian |
5000+ BC |
Genesis 1-8 |
| II. |
Post Deluvian |
3000 BC |
Genesis 9-11 |
| III. |
Patriarchy |
2000 BC |
Genesis 12-50
Job |
| IV. |
Bondage |
1600 BC |
Exodus 1-12 |
| V. |
Conquest |
1400 BC |
Exodus 13-40
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel 1-10 |
| VI. |
United Kingdom |
1000 BC |
1 Samuel 11-31
2 Samuel
1 Kings 1-11
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 1-9
Psalms
Proverbs
Song of Solomon
Ecclesiastes |
| VII. |
Divided Kingdom |
800 BC |
1 Kings 12-22
2 Kings
2 Chronicles 10-36
Isaiah
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Jeremiah
Zephaniah |
| VIII. |
Exile |
600 BC |
Daniel
Ezekiel
Lamentations |
| IX. |
Restoration |
500 BC |
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi |
| X. |
Silence |
400 BC to Jesus |
i.e.
Esdras
Judith
Maccabees |
