One timeline
Genesis to Revelation,
in Twelve Eras.
The twelve eras are the spine of the family cycle and the Bible in a year: a reading order from Genesis to Revelation.
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A reading order
The twelve eras.
They place books in a reading order, not a dating claim.
Where scholars disagree, the lesson says so.
Era 1
Beginnings
- Books, both tracks
- Genesis 1–11
Era 2
The Patriarchs
- Books, both tracks
- Genesis 12–50; Job
Era 3
Out of Egypt
- Books, both tracks
- Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Era 4
The Land and the Judges
- Books, both tracks
- Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Era 5
The United Kingdom
- Books, both tracks
- 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1–11, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 1–9; Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
Era 6
The Divided Kingdom
- Books, both tracks
- 1 Kings 12 to 2 Kings 17, 2 Chronicles 10–28; Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Joel, Micah, Isaiah 1–39
- The Catholic track adds
- Tobit
Era 7
The Fall of Jerusalem
- Books, both tracks
- 2 Kings 18–25, 2 Chronicles 29–36; Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Obadiah
- The Catholic track adds
- Baruch, with the Letter of Jeremiah
Era 8
Exile
- Books, both tracks
- Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah 40–66
- The Catholic track adds
- Daniel’s Greek additions
Era 9
Return and Rebuilding
- Books, both tracks
- Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
- The Catholic track adds
- Esther’s Greek additions and Judith
Era 10
Between the Testaments
- Books, both tracks
- From Malachi to John the Baptist
- The Catholic track adds
- 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach
Era 11
The Messiah
- Books, both tracks
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Era 12
The Church
- Books, both tracks
- Acts, the letters, Revelation
Book names on this page are the King James Version’s. The Douay-Rheims names appear in the Catholic track. See the names and numbers
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