row_category,label,start_year,end_year,display_start,display_end,certainty,source
composition,Isaiah (proto-Isaiah),-740,-690,740 BC,690 BC,high,Blenkinsopp 2000
composition,Isaiah (deutero/trito-Isaiah),-540,-500,540 BC,500 BC,moderate,Blenkinsopp 2002
composition,Psalms (span),-1000,-400,1000 BC,400 BC,range,Hossfeld-Zenger
composition,Micah,-740,-700,740 BC,700 BC,high,Mays 1976
composition,Zechariah 1-8,-520,-518,520 BC,518 BC,high,Meyers & Meyers 1987
composition,Zechariah 9-14,-500,-350,500 BC,350 BC,contested,Meyers & Meyers 1993
composition,Daniel (conservative early view),-540,-530,540 BC,530 BC,conservative,Archer 1964
composition,Daniel (critical late view),-167,-164,167 BC,164 BC,majority_critical,Collins 1993
qumran,1QIsa-a (Great Isaiah Scroll),-125,-125,125 BC,125 BC,paleographic +/- 50y,Tov 2012 AMS radiocarbon
qumran,4QDan-a,-125,-125,125 BC,125 BC,paleographic +/- 50y,Ulrich 1987
qumran,11QPs-a,30,50,30 AD,50 AD,paleographic +/- 30y,Flint 1997
lxx,Torah translated,-282,-246,282 BC,246 BC,traditional,Wasserstein & Wasserstein 2006
lxx,Prophets/Writings,-250,-132,250 BC,132 BC,anchored by Sirach prologue,Jobes & Silva 2015
jesus,Jesus of Nazareth — life,-5,33,5 BC,33 AD,+/- 2y,Meier 1991
gospel,Mark,65,70,65 AD,70 AD,+/- 5y,Brown 1997
gospel,Matthew,80,90,80 AD,90 AD,+/- 10y,Brown 1997
gospel,Luke-Acts,80,95,80 AD,95 AD,+/- 10y,Brown 1997
gospel,John,90,110,90 AD,110 AD,+/- 10y,Brown 1997