1. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The 2 nd Temple Period 539BC - 70 AD 539-332 Persian Period 332-165 Greek Period 165-63 Maccabean Period 63BC-70 AD Roman Period

2. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) 538-332 The Persian Period 538 – Cyrus of Persia releases all exiles 520-515 – Temple rebuilt, but smaller Haggai, Zechariah, 2 nd Isaiah Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) 400-350 Socrates – Plato – Aristotle Rise of Mycenaea Athenian/Spartan wars First section of Wall of China

7. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Greek Period 362-165 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

8. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Rise and Fall of Empires 2000-200 BC http://mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html

9. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) The Maccabean Period 165-63 Antiochus IV Epiphanes Judas Maccabeus Hasmonean Dynasty

10. 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