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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

200–101 BC

The Second Century BC

1 work

c. 150–100 BC

Hebrew

Judith

Anonymous

A widow rebukes the elders of her town for setting God a deadline, then dresses to be looked at, walks into the Assyrian camp, flatters the general for four days, and cuts off his head with his own sword while he lies drunk.

Second Temple Jewish · NarrativeJudgesEsther1 SamuelRead elsewhere

100–1 BC

The First Century BC

1 work

c. 100–50 BC

Greek

Third Maccabees

Anonymous

Nothing to do with the Maccabees. Ptolemy IV is repelled from the temple by an invisible force, and in revenge herds the Jews of Egypt into the hippodrome to be trampled by five hundred drugged elephants. The plan fails three days running, and the elephants finally turn on his own troops.

Hellenistic Jewish · NarrativeEstherDanielExodusRead elsewhere