Does somebody have a good chronological order for all books, by book, for the OT?

[RogueSemicolon]

The Catholic Bible Dictionary , by Scott Hahn (Doubleday, 2009), provides a brief chronology of Old Testament history in Appendix 1 (pages 981 & 982). However, it only cites 14 of the Old Testament books in this order:

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 & 2 Samuel
• 1 & 2 Kings
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• 1 Maccabees

I would have provided the full tables with the names of events, approximate dates, and corresponding Bible verses, but I suspect that might violate US copyright law.

 

[Dovekin]

Not to seem annoying, but perhaps you might consider reading the 46 OT books from Genesis to the end. Although they might not be in chronological order, they were placed in this order for a reason.

The reasons are not always helpful. The minor prophets are in order by length, for instance. That may be helpful for liturgical use or for some other purpose, but it does not add a great deal to the private reading of them.

Jewish bibles end with the historical books while Catholic bibles end with the prophets. I have heard reasons for that, even good reasons, but I am not sure they justify only reading them in the order in which they are printed.

 

[catholic03]

Fair enough.

 

[Dan_Defender]

Job.— The book is later than Jeremiah and Ezekiel (with which it has certain expressions and ideas in common) and its language has a strong Aramaic flavour.

Job is very problematic. There is nothing in it that can time the events, and there is a wide variety of opinions. The writing style does not seem like a strong point. To me, Job could very well have lived before Abraham.