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Bible Book Authorship Visualizer

Explore every biblical book by attributed author, estimated composition window, and timeline overlap across scripture.

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Books Visible

66

Authors/Groups

37

Earliest Window

1900 BCE

Total Span

1996 years

Dates are approximate composition windows using a conservative/traditional attribution model with uncertainty labels.

Composition Timeline by Book

Each bar represents the estimated writing window for one biblical book.

High certaintyMedium certaintyLow certainty
1800 BCE1600 BCE1400 BCE1200 BCE1000 BCE800 BCE600 BCE400 BCE200 BCE1 BCE / 1 CEJobJOBExodusEXOGenesisGENLeviticusLEVNumbersNUMPsalmsPSADeuteronomyDEUJoshuaJOSJudgesJDGRuthRUTProverbsPROSong of SolomonSNGEcclesiastesECC1 Samuel1SA2 Samuel2SAJoelJOLJonahJONAmosAMOHoseaHOSIsaiahISAMicahMICNahumNAMZephaniahZEPJeremiahJERHabakkukHABDanielDANEzekielEZKLamentationsLAMObadiahOBA1 Kings1KI2 Kings2KIHaggaiHAGZechariahZECEstherESTEzraEZR1 Chronicles1CH2 Chronicles2CHMalachiMALNehemiahNEHJamesJASGalatiansGALMatthewMAT1 Thessalonians1TH2 Thessalonians2TH1 Corinthians1CO2 Corinthians2COMarkMRKRomansROMColossiansCOLEphesiansEPHLukeLUKPhilemonPHMPhilippiansPHP1 Peter1PE1 Timothy1TIActsACTTitusTIT2 Peter2PEHebrewsHEBJudeJUD2 Timothy2TI1 John1JN2 John2JN3 John3JNJohnJHNRevelationREV

Job (JOB)

Unknown (traditional options include Moses) • Wisdom • Old Testament

Low certainty

1900 BCE - 1700 BCE

Date and authorship are highly debated; this reflects a patriarchal-era traditional view.

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Overlap Intensity

How many books and author groups overlap in each 25-year window.

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Author Span Overlap

Horizontal spans show each author/group active composition window and how many books are attributed.

Paul13Moses (traditional)5John5Ezra (traditional)3Samuel (traditional)2Solomon (traditional)2Samuel, Nathan, Gad (traditional)2Jeremiah (with Baruch)2Jeremiah (traditional)2Luke2Peter2Unknown (traditional options include Moses)1David and other psalmists1Joshua (traditional)1Solomon, Agur, Lemuel, court sages1Joel1Jonah1Amos1Hosea1Isaiah1Micah1Nahum1Zephaniah1Habakkuk1Daniel (traditional)1Ezekiel1Obadiah1Haggai1Zechariah1Mordecai (traditional) / unknown editor1Malachi1Nehemiah with Ezra/editorial support1James (brother of Jesus)1Matthew1Mark (John Mark)1Unknown (traditionally linked to Paul)1Jude1