Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Buy the summary chart as a poster:
usefulcharts.com/collections/religion/products/timeline-of-the-bible

Complete series in one video:
youtu.be/KqSkXmFun14

Individual episodes:
1. Torah - youtu.be/NY-l0X7yGY0
2. Prophets - youtu.be/IAIiLSMOg3Q
3. Writings - youtu.be/Oto0UvG6aVs
4. Apocrypha - youtu.be/HYlZk4Hv-E8
5. Gospels & Acts - youtu.be/Z6PrrnhAKFQ
6. Epistles - youtu.be/2UMlUmlmMlo
7. Daniel & Revelation - youtu.be/fTURdV0c9J0
8: Summary Chart - youtu.be/9uIXzUEwrOg

Recommended Reading:
* Alter, Robert (2011). The Art of Biblical Narrative. Basic Books.
* Baden, Joel (2012). The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis. Yale University Press.
* Coogan, Michael (2001) The Oxford History of the Biblical World. Oxford University Press
* Finkelstein, Israel & Neil Asher Silberman (2001). The Bible Unearthed. Free Press.
* Kugel, James (2007). How to Read the Bible. Free Press.
* Stein, Robert H. (2001). Studying the Synoptic Gospels: Origin and Interpretation. Baker Academic.

Credits:
Charts & Narration by Matt Baker, PhD
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio by Jack Rackam
Intro music "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com