Alleged Chronological Contradictions Since the Bible begins at
the Creation with Genesis—the book of beginnings—and ends with
the book of Revelation (which many scholars believe was the last
recorded book of the Bible), students of the Scriptures often
assume that the Bible was compiled chronologically. Many
students approach their reading of the Bible with the mind-set
that everything in Scripture is arranged “from A to Z.” Since
Genesis records what took place at the beginning of time, and it
is the first book of the Bible, then the rest of the Bible
follows suit, right? Actually, what the diligent student
eventually finds is that the Bible is not a book of strict
chronology. All sixty-six books of the Bible are not arranged in
the order in which they were written. Furthermore, all of the
events contained within each book also are not necessarily
recorded chronologically. Consider the following arrangement of
some of the books in the Bible: Although the books of Haggai and
Zechariah have been placed near th