Table of Dates for the Literary Prophets - Chronologically Arranged * Taken from Hailey's "The Minor Prophets" Prophets of Uncertain Dates   Davidson Driver Eiselen I.S.B.E. Knudson Pfeiffer Sampey Young                 Obadiah Uncertain 5th cent. after 586 586(E)(1) ca. 460 460-400 ca. 845 before Jeremiah                   Joel after restoration 5th cent. 400 900-400(R) ca. 400 ca. 350 ca. 830 ca. 830                   Jonah after restoration 5th cent. 400-250(2) 800-780(S) ca. 300 ca. 350 ca. 800(3) 783-743 Prophets of Eighth Century, or Assyrian Period   Davidson Driver Eiselen I.S.B.E. Knudson Pfeiffer Sampey Young                 Amos 760-750 760-746 755 ca. 760(E) ca.750 ca. 750 ca. 750                     Hosea 750-737 786-734 750-735 750-735(E) 743-734 750-744 ca. 750                     Isaiah 740-700 740-700 740-700 740-700(R) 740- 740- 738-700                     Micah 724-? Con. Isa. 735-700 722-701(vO) bef. 722 Con. Isa. Con. Isa. Con. Isa. Prophets of Seventh Century, or Chaldean Period   Davidson Driver Eiselen I.S.B.E. Knudson Pfeiffer Sampey Young                 Jeremiah 626-586 626- 626- 627-ff.(4) 626-ff.(4) 626-586 626-ff.(4) 627-ff.(4)                   Zephaniah 626-? bef. 621 ca. 626 630-626(E) ca. 627 630-624 630-625                     Nahum 610-608 664-607 ca. 608 663-607(E) ca. 607 bef. 612 ca. 630 663-612                   Habakkuk 605-600 bef. 600 ca. 600 ca. 600(E) ca. 600 605-600 609-598 609-598 Prophets of Sixth Century, or the Exile   Davidson Driver Eiselen I.S.B.E. Knudson Pfeiffer Sampey Young                 Ezekiel 593-573 592-570 593-570 593-571(M) 592-570 593-571 593-571                     Obadiah see above                   Daniel late late 175-163 6th cent.(W) 165 2nd cent. 605-536 6th cent. Prophets of Sixth and Fifth Centuries, or Post-Exilic Period   Davidson Driver Eiselen I.S.B.E. Knudson Pfeiffer Sampey Young                 Haggai 520- 520- 520 520(R) 520 520 520 520                   Zech. 1-8 520 520-518 520 520-518(R) 520 520-518 520- 520-                   Zech. 9-14 late   aft. 350   late later   same                   Malachi 460-450 458-432 ca. 450 445-432(R) 450 ca. 460 ca. 440   *All dates are B. C.       (1)   Eiselen gives a choice between an early data, ca. 845, and 587, about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. (2)   Eiselen says the book is the history of a prophet who lived ca. 770, but that it belonged to a composition between 400-250. (3)   Just prior to Jeroboam's accession to the thone of Israel (Ephraim). (4)   Knudson, Sampey, and Young all carry the date of Jeremiah beyond the destruction of Jerusalem. [Back to Minor Prophets Introduction]

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