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 |
