Fabula-wise (the actual story of life the way it happened in chronological order) it is Genesis then Job.
Syuzhet-wise (the way the story is organized) the Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Judaism and the Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Slavonic Orthodox, Coptic, Georgian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.
The time of the writing of each book is highly debated and debatable. Here is a sample listing of the books of the Bible in the supposed order in which they were written (end numbers represent the traditional English order):
Old Testament:
1440 - 1400 B.C.
Genesis #1
Exodus #2
Leviticus #3
Numbers #4
Deuteronomy #5
1400 - 1000
Joshua #6
Judges #7
1000 - 586 B.C. (pre-exile - mid-exile)
Period of David & Solomon (ca. 1000 - 931):
Psalms #19
Ruth #8
1st Samuel #9
2nd Samuel #10
Job #18
Proverbs #20
Ecclesiastes #21
Song of Solomon #22
Period of Rehoboam to Hezekiah (931 - 686):
Isaiah #23
Hosea #28
Joel #29
Amos #30
Obadiah #31
Jonah #32
Micah #33
Period of Hezekiah to the exile (686 - 586):
Nahum #34
Habakkuk #35
Zephaniah #36
1st Kings #11
2nd Kings #12
1st Chronicles #13
2nd Chronicles #14
Jeremiah #24
Lamentations #25
Ezekiel #26
Daniel #27
516 - 400 B.C. (post-exilic)
Ezra #15
Nehemiah #16
Esther #17
Haggai #37
Zechariah #38
Malachi #39
New Testament:
40 - 45. A.D.
Matthew: #1 (#40 )
45 - 50 A.D.
1st Thessalonians #13 (#52)
2nd Thessalonians #14 (#53)
1 Corinthians #7 (#46)
2 Corinthians #8 (#47)
Romans #6 (#45)
Luke #3 (#42)
50 - 55 A.D.
Galatians #9 (#48)
Ephesians #10 (#49)
Philippians #11 (#50)
Colossians #12 (#51)
Philemon #18 (#57)
Acts #5 (#44)
1st Timothy #15 (#54)
2nd Timothy #16 (#55)
Titus #17 (#56)
Hebrews #19 (#58)
55 - 60 A.D.
1st Peter #21 (#60)
2nd Peter #22 (#61)
Mark #2 (#41)
James #20 (#59)
Jude #26 (#65)
60 - 68 A.D.
John #4 (#43)
1st John #23 (#62)
2nd John #24 (#63)
3rd John e #25 (#64)
Revelation #27 (#66)
Further study & sources (with thanks):
Question: What is "chronology?" Answer: the science of arranging time in fixed periods for the purpose of dating events accurately and arranging them in order of occurrence.
There are three sets of "chronology:"
1.) The sequence of actual events i.e. the fabula, i.e. which events in which book of the Bible happened after Genesis, which is regarded as the first events, and the answer to that is the events described in the book of Job.
2.) Then there are the sequence of when the books of the Bible were written and here scholars differ by hundreds of years. ?Some scholars argue that Job was written before Genesis, while others argue the opposite.
Read these interesting discussions and resources for further study: http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Job.html /
http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Genesis.html /
http://bible.org/article/introduction-book-job /
http://bible.org/seriespage/analysis-and-synthesis-genesis /
http://ichthys.com/mail-Bible%20chrono.htm /
http://www.truthingenesis.com/book-of-genesis-authors.html /
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080301073518AAUElMh /
http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/stewart.cfm?id=675 /
http://carm.org/when-was-bible-written-and-who-wrote-it /
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis /
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chronology, and for the sceptics:
http://atheism.about.com/od/Bible-Study-Pentateuch/a/Book-Genesis-Intro.htm
3. Finally there is the chronology of how the books of The Bible are arranged, in what order, i.e. the sujet.
Please feel free to add your comments and or resources.
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