The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The 2 nd Temple Period 539BC - 70 AD Persian Period Greek Period Maccabean Period 63BC-70 AD Roman Period
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Persian Period 538 – Cyrus of Persia releases all exiles – Temple rebuilt, but smaller Haggai, Zechariah, 2 nd Isaiah Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The 6 th C BC An Age of Achievement Zoroaster, Lao Tse, Buddha, Confucius, Solon of Athens, Aeschylus, Pythagoras The Jewish Prophets Xenophanes, Hesiod, Sappho, Aesop The Hindu Vedas, Ramayana Mayan Empire
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The 6 th C BC An Age of Achievement 2 nd Temple in Jerusalem Temple to Zeus in Athens Temple to Apollo in Corinth
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The 5 th Century Roman Expansion under Coriolanus The Persian Wars against Greece (Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae) Pericles rules Athens Socrates and Sophocles The Acropolis/Parthenon
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) Socrates – Plato – Aristotle Rise of Mycenaea Athenian/Spartan wars First section of Wall of China
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Greek Period Alexander the Great Hellenization Library of Alexandria, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Pharos Division of Empire: Macedonia (Cassander), Thrace (Lysimachus), Egypt (Ptolemy Soter), Asia (Antigonus) The Punic Wars The Septuagint The Rosetta Stone Ecclesiastes, Sirach, Daniel ch. 1-6
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Rise and Fall of Empires BC
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Maccabean Period Antiochus IV Epiphanes Judas Maccabeus Hasmonean Dynasty
The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Roman Period 63 BC – 70 AD General Ptolemy (the Triumvirate: Julius Caesar/Ptolemy/Marcus Antonius) The Herodians and the Roman Occupation Essenes, Zealots, Pharisees and Sadducees