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CREATION PATRIARCHS (2000 - 1800 BC) GROWTH IN EGYPT EXODUS (1400 BC) - God’s perfect design - Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, - Joseph made governor - God gives freedom - Adam and Eve ------------------> - 12 sons of Jacob (tribes of Israel) --------------> - 430 year stay -----------------------> and the law -----------------------------> - original sin - Covenant with each patriarch - population 1 million + - ten commandments - tribes enslaved - Moses leader CONQUEST OF CAANAN JUDGES RULE UNITED KINGDOM (1000 BC) DIVIDED KINGDOM - Joshua leader - Gideon, Deborah, Samson… - Saul, David, Solomon are kings - civil war, Israel - loyalty to the --------------------> - Philistine wars, plea for a king ------------> - temple built, Psalms, Proverbs ------------> (north) and Judah -------------> God of Jacob - Samuel first prophet - Solomon allows other gods (south), split over - heavy taxes, forced labor abuses of Solomon

JUDAH --------> 19 kings, Davidic dynasty, mixed observance of the covenant ---------------> JUDAH EXILED (587 BC)------------> JUDAH RESTORED --------> Egyptian invasion, Assyrian and Babylonian threats, Baal worship - 50,000 exiled to Babylon - Nehemiah, Ezra - temple destroyed - Persian rule - 70 year exile - Jewish communities settled outside Israel ISRAEL -----------> 19 kings all bad, worship of foreign gods (Baal), idols set up, --------------> ISRAEL DESTROYED (721 BC) greed, alcoholism, bribery, lack of faith, Assyrian threat - citizens deported, never returned PROPHETS -----> Elijah vs. king Ahab; Elisha in the north; Isaiah prophesies the Messiah; Jeremiah gives Judah final warning ----------------------------------------> Ezekiel - prophet of the exile; Daniel tells of the resurrection; others, last is Malachi (400 BC) (events in this box occur in parallel )

GREEK INFLUENCE CHRIST DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL - Greek customs and - Roman rule, mixed population in Israel - 70AD Jewish revolt, Jerusalem destroyed gods forced on Jews -------------------------------------> - Law of Moses at doctrinal apex --------------------------> - 135AD final revolt – fails, Jews exiled, - book of Daniel - Christian faith spreads among Jewish Jewish faith outlawed, land renamed Palestine - idea of resurrection communities in Mediterranean region - Maccabee revolt Copyright © 2005 St. Joseph House Publishing,

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