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A biblical canon or canon of scripture is a list of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture.

The word "canon" comes from the Greek, meaning "rule" or "measuring stick".

The King James Version contains the Protestant canon - those books that protestants consider to be written by inspiration of God.

The Old Testament canon is the same as that of the Jews.

Book	Writer and approximate date
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy	Moses - 1400 B.C. (Genesis of which Moses was not an eyewitness could have been compiled from material written from Adam onwards and passed down through Noah, Shem and Abraham – whether authored or compiled it was still written by inspiration).
Joshua	Joshua with a portion by Phinehas or Eleazar - 1350 B.C.
Judges, Ruth, 1+2 Samuel	Samuel/Nathan/Gad - 1000 - 900 B.C.
1+2 Kings	Jeremiah - 600 B.C. (Compilation?)
1+2 Chronicles	Ezra - 450 B.C. (Compilation?)
Ezra	Ezra - 450 B.C
Nehemiah	Nehemiah
Esther	Mordecai - 400 B.C.
Job	Moses - 1400 B.C.
Psalms	Mostly David - also Asaph, Sons of Korah, Moses, Heman the Ezrahite, Ethan the Ezrahite and Solomon 1000 - ? B.C.
Proverbs	Solomon, Agur, Lemuel- 900 B.C.
Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon	Solomon - 900 B.C
Isaiah	Isaiah - 700 B.C.
Jeremiah, Lamentations	Jeremiah - 600 B.C.
Ezekiel	Ezekiel - 550 B.C.
Daniel	Daniel - 550 B.C.
Hosea	Hosea - 750 B.C.
Joel	Joel - 850 B.C.
Amos	Amos - 750 B.C.
Obadiah	Obadiah - 600 B.C.
Jonah	Jonah - 700 B.C.
Micah	Micah - 700 B.C.
Nahum	Nahum - 650 B.C.
Habakkuk	Habakkuk - 600 B.C.
Zephaniah	Zephaniah - 650 B.C.
Haggai	Haggai - 520 B.C.
Zechariah	Zechariah - 500 B.C.
Malachi	Malachi - 430 B.C.
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew	Matthew - A.D. 55
Mark	John Mark - A.D. 50
Luke	Luke - A.D. 60
John	John - A.D. 90
Acts	Luke - A.D. 65
Romans,1+2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1+2 Thessalonians, 1+2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon	Paul - A.D. 50-70
Hebrews	Unknown, mostly likely Paul - A.D. 65
James	James - A.D. 45
1+2 Peter	Peter - A.D. 60
1,2+3 John	John - A.D. 90
Jude	Jude - A.D. 60
Revelation	John - A.D. 96