Traditionally dated in the 60's but now dated later

Traditionally put around 62 AD, but it is now dated to between 80 and 100 AD

Edited over time, the final edition appearing around 85-90 AD

Many were written before 1000 BCE and others after the exile to Babylon

A large number of historians specifically place it in the Persian period, but estimates range from the Period of the Judges to the Hellenistic period

The Southern Storyteller of the Pentateuch- According to the Documentary Hypothesis

Possibly as early as 900 BC
The Deuteronomist source was active, according to the Documentary Hypothesis

The Northern Storyteller of the Pentateuch, according to the Documentary hypothesis

8th century BC prophet with 7th century expansions

The theory that Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings were written by a single 6th Century BC historian using the lanugage of Deuteronomy to explain recent events

When the Priestly Source was active, according to the Documentary Hypothesis

Editing of Ezra continued well into the Hellenistic Era, but it was composed around 458 BCE

Also the Period of Judges

Reheboam of Judah and Jereboam of Israel

Assyria conquers the Northern Kingdom

Judah revolts, resulting in the first deportation

The Second Deportation, where the temple was also destroyed

Persia conquers Babylon and allows Israel to return

Hellenistic Rule under Alexander the Great

It was in this period that today's Old Testament was translated into Greek

Moses is given the stone tablets at the top of Mount Sinai