Hebrews

Prehistory ~1900 BCE to ~1300 BCE

     Abraham and Sarah
        Migrates from near the Sumerian city of Ur about 1900 BCE
        To the shores of the Mediterranean Sea
        Ancient Canaan
       Isaac

       Jacob or Israel
        Twelve sons or tribes of Israel
        Joseph was the Youngest

       Joseph In Egypt ~1600 - ~1400 BCE 

Historic Period ~1250 BCE -

       Moses about 1250 B.C.E.
    `   Exodus from Egypt
        Covenant between Hebrews and Yahweh
        Mount Sinai
        Ten Commandments
        Five Books of Moses, the Torah, or Pentateuch

       Joshua and Aaron
        Conquest of Canaan
        Jericho Falls

        Period of the Judges

       About 1100 B.C. People of the Sea attack

First Jewish Monarchy

Saul c.1050 BC – c. 1010 BCE

David  c..1010 – 961 BCE
        Makes Jerusalem the Capital City of his Kingdom
        Uriah
        King is under the law

Solomon c. 961– 922 BCE
        Builds the Temple.
        After his death, Kingdom splits.

First Temple Period c.957 – 586 BCE

Northern Kingdom of Israel 931 - 722 BCE destroyed by Assyria.  King Tiglath-pileser III

Southern Kingdom of Judah 931 - 586 BCE destroyed by Chaldaeans. King Nebuchadnezzar II

First Temple Destroyed 586

Babylonian Captivity 586 - 538 BCE

        King Cyrus the Great allows some of the Exiles to Return to Jerusalem

Second Temple Period 538 BCE- 70 CE

           Nehemiah and Ezra

Second Temple Foundation Laid 535 BCE

Second Temple Consecrated 516 BCE

“The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius." (Ezra 6:15)

            Theocracy under Persian domination 538 - 323 BCE

            Theocracy under Hellenistic Kingdom of Ptolemaic Egypt 323 - 200 BCE

     Theocracy under Hellenistic Kingdom of Seleucid Syria 198 - 160 BCE

                    Antiochus III the Great,  ca. 241–187 BC, ruled 223–187 BC)

                    Seleucus IV Philopator, ruled 187 BC to 175 BC

                    Antiochus IV Epiphanes ca. 215 - 264, ruled 175 - 164 BCE

                            Maccabean Revolt starts in 167

                            Jewish Independence first re-established 165

                                                Celebration of Chanukkah

            Maccabean (167 – 135) and Hasmonaean (142 - 38 BCE) Periods.

                    Struggle for Independence Under the Maccabees 167 – 135

                   The Independent Hasmonean Kingdom 142 - 63 BCE

                    Hasmoneans Under Roman Tutelage 63 - 38 BCE

            Judea under Roman Domination 63 BCE - 70 CE

                    Pompey 63 BCE

                    Hasmoneans Under Roman Tutelage 63 - 38 BCE

                    King Herod the Great 38 - 4 BCE

                    Later Herodians

                                    Archelaus ruled Judea and Samaria

                                    Herod Antipas ruled Galilee and Peraea

                                    Philip ruled Batanaea

                    Archelaus 4 BCE – 6 CE