Egypt Assyria Babylonia Persia Lydia Media Scythia Palestine

Palestine

Egypt

Babylonia Persia Media

Lydia

The Intertestamental Period 430 BC to 4 BC

The Roots of Late OT Judean History Assyria Babylonia Media Egypt Palestine

The Roots of Late OT Judean History Assyria

The Roots of Late OT Judean History Assyria

The Babylonian Captivity Babylonia Media

The Babylonian Captivity Babylonia Media PersiaEstablishment of synagogues

Period from the Return to Alexander Persian Empire

Period from the Return to Alexander Persian Empire nd Temple built Walls built Rift between Jews and Samaritans Ezra and OT Canon Queen Esther Samaritan Temple and final rift

Period from the Return to Alexander Persian Empire Jews in Babylonia, Persia, Palestine, and Egypt Temple in Egypt Devotion to Law Office of High Priest Aramaic

The Rise of Greece Philip of Macedon

The Conquests of Alexander

The Greek Language The Greek City-State Greek Lifestyle –Sports –Commerce –Worship Alexandria, Egypt

The World After Alexander 323 to 198 BC

The World After Alexander 323 to 198 BC Antigonus Seleucus Ptolemy Judea under Ptolemaic Rule Many Jews in Alexandria Septuagint translation Antigonus vs Rome Ptolemy vs. Seleucus

The Rise of Roman Power Rome Seleucus Ptolemy Rome and Carthage Hannibal and the elephants Rome conquers Carthage Rome subdues Macedon and Achaia

From Antiochus to the Maccabees to 165 BC Peace of Apamae Humiliation in Egypt Desecration of Temple in Jerusalem Abomination of Desolation Religious Persecution Rome Seleucus Ptolemy

The Hasmonæan Dynasty Hashmon Mattathiah (d. 166) Simon (d. 134) Judas (d. 160) Jonathan (d. 143) Eleazar (d. 163) John (d. 160) MattathiahJudasJohn Hyrcanus (d. 104) Simon (d. 134) John Hyrcanus (d. 104) Jonathan (d. 143)

The Roman Empire

Rome rules the Mediterranean Rome rules, Macedon, Greece, Asia Minor, North Africa Roman interests in Egypt Rome plays Judea against the Seleucids

From Hyrcanus to Herod Priesthood Wars Weakening Seleucid Empire Interests from the south and east: Idumea and Nabataens Caesar and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra

Herod the Great - 37 to 4 BC Herod given title King of the Jews by Octavian in Rome Herod has to conquer his kingdom Herod vs. Cleopatra Herod vs. family Herod vs. everybody Oriental ambassadors

Babylonian captivity Persian release Persian status Greek rule Hellenization Ptolemaic and Seleucid dominion Independence and expansion Roman occupation Roman oppression The Intertestamental Period 400+ Years of Subjection, Oppression, and Corruption

Synagogues OT Canon Rule of OT Law Rule/corruption of the High Priest Septuagint Sadducees (of Zadok?) Pharisees (separatists) Hasidim Herod’s temple project The Intertestamental Period 400+ Years of Subjection, Oppression, and Corruption

The Fullness of Time But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son… in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the City of David, which is called Bethlehem, with Mary, who was engaged to him. And it came about that while they were there, Mary gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger … born of a woman, born under the Law. And in the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields, and an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them and said to them, “Today in the City of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Galatians 4:4; Luke 2:1-12