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The Intertestamental Period
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Old Testament completed
400 BC 5 BC? Old Testament completed Birth of Jesus Amos Malachi? 400 Silent Years
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Old Testament completed
400 BC 331 BC 5 BC? Old Testament completed Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Birth of Jesus Amos Malachi? Alexander the Great Persian Empire
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Alexander the Great of Macedonia, 332 B.C.
Tyre
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Fall of Tyre on July B.C. Seven month siege
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Alexander at Jerusalem
And when the book of Daniel was showed him, wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that himself was the person intended; and he was then glad. (Antiquities 11:8:5).
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The World of Alexander Cultural interchange from east to west Scientific learning Hellenization Greek language Alexander’s death
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Cassander Lysimachus Antigonus the one-eyed Seleucus Ptolemy
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Pharos Lighthouse Library of Alexandria Septuagint War with the Seleucids
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Antiochus III “the Great” Ptolemy
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Hostage in Rome Escape Campaign against Egypt
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Hostage in Rome Escape Campaign against Egypt First revolt in Judah
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Antiochus imposed the following Regulations
Jews could not assemble for prayer Observance of the Sabbath was forbidden Possession of the Scriptures was illegal Circumcision was illegal Dietary laws illegal Pagan sacrifices mandated
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Antiochus IV Maccabean Revolt 167 B.C. Mattathias Temple liberated
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Old Testament completed
400 BC 331 BC 167 BC 5 BC? Old Testament completed Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Maccabbee Rebellion Birth of Jesus Amos Malachi? Alexander the Great Hasmonean kings Rome Persian Empire Hellenistic Kings Ptolemies Seleucids
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Simon becomes new leader Judah recognized as a free state: 142 B.C.
Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan Simon becomes new leader Judah recognized as a free state: 142 B.C. High Priest
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John Hyrcanus becomes leader Samaria, Galilee & Idumea conquered
Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan John Hyrcanus Judah Mattathias John Hyrcanus becomes leader Samaria, Galilee & Idumea conquered Forced conversions of conquered peoples
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Two New Jewish Parties Hasidim: “The Pious Ones”
Pharisees Hellenists: Greek influence Sadducees
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Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan John Hyrcanus Judah Mattathias Aristobulus Alexander Janneus Salome Alexandria Aristobulus II Hyrcanus II
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Pompey Commissioned to clear the seas of piracy Conquests in Syria
the Great Commissioned to clear the seas of piracy Conquests in Syria Conquest of Jerusalem Territorial arrangements
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Decapolis Samaria Judea
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Roman Civil War
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Antipater as Procurator
Herod Antipater as Procurator Phasael
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Parthians Petra
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Marc Antony Octavius
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Herod the Great B.C.
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Zerubbabel’s Temple Seleucid Addition Herod’s Temple Hasmonean Expansion
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Caesarea
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Herod’s Domestic Troubles
It is better to be Herod’s uV Than to be Herod’s uioV
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Old Testament completed Death of Herod the Great
400 BC 331 BC 167 BC 4 BC Old Testament completed Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Maccabbee Rebellion Death of Herod the Great Amos Malachi? Pompey the Great Alexander the Great Hasmonean kings Rome Persian Empire Hellenistic Kings Ptolemies Seleucids
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