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Timeline

The Early Prophets of the Nevi'im are grouped together with the Torah. Together they constitute the earliest history of the Abrahamic faith and it peoples.

Monarchic (pre-586 BC) Exilic (586-538 BC) Persian (538-332 BC)
1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 BC
GenesisGen
ExodusExod
LeviticusLev
NumbersNum
DeuteronomyDeut
JoshuaJosh
JudgesJudg
1 Samuel1 Sam
2 Samuel2 Sam
1 Kings1 Kgs
2 Kings2 Kgs
Solomon's Temple builtc. 960 BC Destruction of Jerusalem & First Temple587/586 BC Second Temple completed515 BC

Chapters

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Outline

  1. Crossing the Jordan into Canaan 1:1-5:15
  2. The central, southern, and northern campaigns 6:1-12:24
  3. Division of the land among the tribes 13:1-21:45
  4. Covenant renewal and farewell 22:1-24:33

Manuscript witnesses

Major codices

Codex Vaticanus — c. 300–325 AD
One of the oldest near-complete Bibles in Greek, held in the Vatican Library.
Aleppo Codex — c. 930 AD
The model Masoretic codex, prepared by the Ben Asher scribes; much of its Torah is now lost.
Leningrad Codex (B19A) — 1008 AD
The oldest complete Masoretic Hebrew Bible and the base text of modern critical editions.

Other witnesses

Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran) — c. 250 BC - 68 AD
The Qumran biblical manuscripts, the oldest Hebrew and Aramaic witnesses by roughly a millennium.

Sources

  1. a Coogan, Michael D. The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2018.