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400 B.C. 300 B.C. 200 B.C. 100 B.C. O 100 A.D. 200 A.D.

PERSIAN

RULE

538-330

B.C.

PTOLOMEY RULE

323-198 B.C.

SELEUC

ID

RULE

198-166

M

A

C

C

A

B

E

A

N

REVOLT 166-135

B.C.

HASMONEAN

RULE

135 - 40 B.C.

HERODIAN RULE

40 B.C. - 100 A.D.ROMAN RULE

64 B.C. - 330 A.D.

ROMAN PERIOD

64 B.C. - 33O A.D.HELLENISTIC PERIOD

330 - 64 B.C.

PERSIAN

PERIOD

586-33O B.C.

400 YEARS OF

SILENCE

Alexander the Great

331 - 323 B.C.

Ptolemey Philadelphus

commissions the translation of

the Tanak into the Greek

language. The Septuagint,

LXX, is translated (280 - 250

B.C.).

Antiochus IV desecrates

the Jerusalem temple

(168 B.C.).

Judas Maccabeus

purifies the

Jerusalem temple

Pompey annexes

Judah for Rome 63 B.C.

Herod the Great

dies (4 B.C.).

Jerusalem falls

to Titus

(70 A.D.).

The Bar Cochba

revolt (135 A.D.).

The Archaeological and Political Periods

Surrounding the New Testament PeriodDr. David Battle

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