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Creative Bible Study
There are several ways we are able to know the chronological history of Bible events:
1. The Bible itself provides the dates of some events.
2. Early records of historians provide dates.
3. Through archaeology, which is the study of ancient things. It is a science which gains knowledge of times past from the study of existing remains of their civilizations. Biblical archaeology is the study of remains found in Bible lands. Some of the historical record of the Bible has been gained by dating these remains.
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
The chronological history of the Bible is most easily divided into twelve major periods. Chart One shows the major periods of Bible chronology. Look at Column Two on the chart. It shows the 12 periods of Bible history starting with "Creation to Abraham" and concluding with "Spread Of The Gospel."
Columns One and Three show when the books of the Bible were written. Note that between the Old and New Testament there was a period of 400 years during which no books were written. Refer to this chronology as you study the Bible. It will help you determine when events happened: