Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Jonathan Bernier's Proposed Dates for the books of the New Testament, 1 Clement, the Didache, Epistle of Barnabas, and the Shephard of Hermas

 The following table is based on

 

Jonathan Bernier, Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament: The Evidence for Early Composition (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2022), 277-78

 

Book

Lower (Bernier)

Matthew

45-59

Mark

42-45

Luke

59

John

60-70

Acts

62

Romans

winter of 56/57

1 Corinthians

early 56

2 Corinthians

late 56

Galatians

47-52

Ephesians

57-59

Philippians

57-59

Colossians

57-59

1 Thessalonians

50-52

2 Thessalonians

50-52

1 Timothy—if Pauline

63 or 64

1 Timothy—if pseudo-Pauline

60-150

2 Timothy—if Pauline

64-68

2 Timothy—if pseudo-Pauline

60-150

Titus—if Pauline

63 or 64

Titus—if pseudo-Pauline

60-175

Philemon

57-59

Hebrews

50-70

James

prior to 62

1 Peter

60-69

2 Peter—if Petrine

60-69

2 Petrine—if pseudo-Petrine

60-125

1 John

60-100

2 John

60-100

3 John

prior to 100

Jude

prior to 96

Revelation

68-70

1 Clement

64-70

Didache

60-125

Epistle of Barnabas

70-132

Shephard of Hermas

70-125

 

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