DATES AND ORIGIN OF NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS

DATES AND ORIGIN OF NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS

by Four Scholars Compared

Virgil Warren, PhD 

        Book             Guthrie          Harrison        Thiessen            Hiebert

Matthew                80-100             70-80               45-50                  66

                              Jerusalem        Palestine

Mark                     60-70               65-70               67-68                  64-65

                              Jerusalem                                                           Rome

Luke                      75-85               70                    58                       66-67

                                                      Achaia            

John                      90-110             80-100             85-90                  80-98

                                                      Ephesus           Ephesus              Ephesus

Acts                       64                    55-60               61                       67-68

Romans                 57-59               56-57               56                       58

                              Macedonia      Corinth            Corinth               Corinth

1 Corinthians        spring 57         55-56               spring 54, 55      spring 57

                              Ephesus           Ephesus           Ephesus              Ephesus

2 Corinthians        autumn 57       55-56               autumn 54, 55    autumn 57

                                                      Ephesus           Macedonia         Macedonia

Galatians               49-51               53-55               55-56                  spring 52

                                                      Ephesus           Macedonia         Corinth

Ephesians              54-55               early 60s         60                       summer 62

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

Philippians            54-55               early 60s         61                       early 63

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

Colossians             54-55               early 60s         60                       summer 62

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

1 Thessalonians    50-51               50                    50-51                  spring 50, 51

                              Corinth            Corinth            Corinth               Corinth

2 Thessalonians    50-51               50                    autumn 50-51     autumn 50, 51

                              Corinth            Corinth            Corinth               Corinth

1 Timothy             65-66               64-66               64-65                  autumn 63

                              Rome              Macedonia                                 Macedonia

2 Timothy             65-66               67                    67-68                  autumn 66

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

Titus                      65-66               64-66               65                       autumn 63

                              Rome              Macedonia                                 Corinth

Philemon               54-55               early 60s         60                       summer 62

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

Hebrews                64-70               prior to 70       67-69                  late 64

James                    50                    62                    45-48                  46-49

                              Jerusalem        Jerusalem                                   Jerusalem

1 Peter                   62-64               64                    65                       summer 64

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

2 Peter                   early 68           66                    66-67                  65

                              Rome              Rome              Rome                 Rome

1 John                   96-110             90                    85-90                  80

2 John                   96-110             90-100             85-90                  80-81

3 John                   96-110             90-100             85-90                  80-81

Jude                       65-80               66-70               75                       67-68

Revelation             90-95               68-70               95-96                  95-96

                                                      Patmos                                       Ephesus

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