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Birth of Abraham, father of the Jews

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c. 2000 BC

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Book of Job, possibly the oldest book, is written

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c. 2000-1500 BC

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Stone tablets given to Moses at the top of Mount Sinai

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c .1500-1400 BC

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David is king of Israel; Israel begins to record its history

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c .1000 BC

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King David capture Jerusalem

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c .955 BC

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Capital of northern kingdom of Israel falls to Assyrians; Israelites are dispersed

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c .722 BC

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Book of the Law is discovered in the Jerusalem temple

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c .621 BC

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Jerusalem temple destroyed; Israelites taken captive to Babylon, where they turn to their sacred writings

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c. 587-586 BC

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Cyrus the Great of Persia defeats Babylonians and later allows Jews to return to Jerusalem

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c. 539 BC

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Today’s Old Testament translated into Greek

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c .250 BC

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Seleucids take over Palestine

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c. 200 BC

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Judas Maccabeus leads revolt against Seleucid rule

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c. 167 BC

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Rededication of temple

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c.164 BC

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Essenes found community at Qumran

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c. 140 BC

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Herod the Great appointed King of Judea

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c. 40 BC

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Birth of Jesus

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6-4

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Ministry of Jesus, later preserved in Gospels

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30

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Paul writes first letter to Thessalonians, probably first book of New Testament to be written

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50

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Mark writes his Gospel

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69

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Romans destroy Jerusalem temple

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70

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21
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Old Testament finalized, most New Testament books complete

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100

22
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Lists of New Testament books in church fathers; variety in book order continues

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100-400

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Simon bar Kokba leads revolt against Rome: extensive dispersion of Jews

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132-35

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Jewish oral law, Mishnah, first written down

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200

25
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Origen compiles Hexapla

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245

26
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Ulfilas creates Gothic alphabet and begins Bible translation

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350

27
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First known listing of 27 New Testament books

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367

28
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New Testament is translated from its original Greek into Latin

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382

29
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Conversion of Augustine of Hippo

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386

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Jerome translates Bible into Latin, which becomes church standard for centuries

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405

31
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Bible has been translated into over 12 languages

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500

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Catholic Church restricts Bible to only Latin (under threat of execution)

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600

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Book of Kells completed in Ireland

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775

34
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Alcuin perfects Carolingian miniscule

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796

35
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Cyril and Methodius translate Bible into Slavic

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865

36
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Bible stories acted out in church plays

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900

37
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Anglo-Saxon translations of The New Testament produced

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995

38
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Present system of chapter divisions added

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1205

39
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Francis of Assisi gets pope’s approval for his new order

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1209

40
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Council of bishops decrees that only members of clergy may own a Bible

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1229

41
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John Wycliffe’s followers produce first English Bible

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1382

42
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Gutenberg invents movable type, making first printed Bible

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1455

43
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Erasmus publishes his Greek New Testament

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1516

44
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Martin Luther starts Protestant movement

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1517

45
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Robert Estienne publishes Bible with chapter and verse divisions

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1555

46
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King James Version published

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1611

47
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John Eliot publishes first complete Bible to be printed in North America

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1663

48
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First survey of biblical sites: beginnings of archaeology

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1838

49
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First complete one-volume Bible in Russian

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1877

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Discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls

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1946

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The New International Version is published

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1973

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