Prophetic Timeline
This timeline was developed to aid in teaching the Biblical Studies course "Prophets"
| Date | Literary | Figure | Comment |
| pre 1500BC | (Patriarchs) | ||
| 13th cent | trads of Exodus | Moses | Exodus |
| trads of Wilderness | |||
| trads of Settlement | (Joshua) | Settlement | |
| c.1200 | trads of Judges | Deborah | Anarchy |
| c.1020 | trads of Samuel | (Saul) | Monarchy |
| Samuel | |||
| c.1000-961 | J Tradition | (David) | Golden age |
| Psalms used in Temple | Nathan | ||
| Stories of David | |||
| 961-922 | Proverbial Wisdom | (Solomon) | |
|
922 |
(Rehoboam Sth) | Divided Kingdom | |
| (Jeroboam Nth) | |||
| Ahijah(Nth) | Jeroboam's Idolatry | ||
| Man of God (1K13), | |||
| E Traditions begin | |||
|
869 |
(Ahab Nth) | Jezebel | |
| Elijah | |||
| Elisha | |||
| Micaiah ben Imlah | |||
| Joel(?) | |||
|
783 |
(Uzziah Sth) | ||
| c.746 | Amos(Nth) | ||
| Jonah(?) | (book later? 2K14) | ||
|
742 |
Isaiah of Jerusalem | c.742-685 | |
|
740 |
Hosea(Nth) | c.740-725 | |
|
725 |
Micah(Sth) | ||
|
722 |
E comes south. | Fall of Nth | |
|
715 |
JE merger | (Hezekiah) | Revival |
|
687 |
Law Book | (Manasseh) | Apostasy |
| Isaiah Collected | |||
| c.630 | Zephaniah | ||
|
621 |
Law Book Found | (Josiah) | Revival |
|
626 |
Jeremiah | c.626-580 | |
|
620 |
Nahum | ||
|
605 |
Habakkuk | ||
|
597 |
Ezekiel | Fall Jerusalem | |
|
586 |
{DHist | Fall Jerusalem | |
|
582 |
{Deuteronomy | Murder Gedaliah | |
| c.550 | Daniel(?) | ||
|
539 |
(Cyrus) | Takes Babylon | |
| 2nd Isaiah | |||
|
538 |
Return of Jews | ||
|
520 |
P Traditions | Haggai | Building temple |
| Zechariah | |||
| Trito Isaiah | |||
| c.430 | Malachi | ||
| Obadiah(?) | |||
| c.300 | Jonah(?) | ||
| Joel(?) | |||
| 2nd Zechariah | |||
|
167 |
Daniel Published | ||
| c.30AD | John Baptist | Messiah | |
| c.40AD | Agabus | Acts 11&21 | |
| c.58AD | Daughters of Phillip | Acts 21 |
- 100 - 200 AD Prophecy dies out before growing hierarchy in the Church
- Roving Prophets/bands of prophets are give a good welcome as long as they didn't outstay welcome according to the Didache.
- Throughout the OT there were bands of prophets - "sons of the prophets"