CHRONOLOGY OF JEWISH HISTORICAL EVENTS
18-17th cent. Abraham and the Patriarchs [period now questioned]
1280 Exodus
13th cent. Entry into the Promised Land
1200-1020 Period of the Judges
1020-587 Period of the Monarchy
1000-961 Reign of David
961-922 Reign of Solomon (“First Temple Period”)
922 The Kingdom split: Israel - Judah
722 Fall of N.Kingdom to Assyria
587 Fall of S.Kingdom (Jerusalem) to Babylonia. Exile (Jeremiah-Ezekiel)
550 Cyrus emperor of Persia
538 Cyrus' edict allows Jews (Golah) to return to Judah (2nd Isaiah)
520-515 Building of Second Temple ("Second Temple Period")
445 Nehemiah's first mission
398 Ezrah's mission
333 Alexander the Great's victory over the Persians
323 Ptolemies (Egypt) control over Palestine
198 Seleucids (Antiochus III) (Syria) takes over Palestine
THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD AND THE HASMONEAN REVOLT
circa 200 Simon II High Priest
175-164 Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) - Hellenistic reform in Jerusalem - Daniel
167 Antiochus IV persecutes the Jews - Profanation of the Temple
Macchabean Revolt
166 Death of Mattathias (father of Judas Macchabeus)
166-160 Judas Macchabeus
164 Re-dedication of the (Second) Temple [Hanukkah]
160-143 Jonathan
142-134 Simon, political leader and high priest (not a Zadokite)
PERIOD OF FULL AUTONOMY
134-104 John Hyrcanus, 3rd son of Simon
104-103 Aristobulus (took the title of "king")
Around this time beginning of the 'party' of the Essenes
103-76 Alexander Jannaeus
HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE ROMAN PERIOD
63 Conquest of Judea by Roman General Pompey
63-40 Hyrcanus II high priest and etnarch
40-37 Antigonus king and high priest
37-4 Herod the Great
4 BCE-6 CE Archelaus ethnarch, ruler of Judea
4 BCE-39 CE Judea governed directly by Roman prefects
41-44 Agrippa I king, ruling over Herod's former kingdom
44-66 Judea, Samaria and part of Galilee ruled directly by Roman procurators
48-66 Agrippa II given piecemeal parts of his father's kingdom
66-74 Jewish Revolt
70 Fall of Jerusalem - destruction of Second Temple
74 Fall of Masada
85 Rabbis first meeting in Jamnia to re-organize Judaism
130 Second Jewish Revolt (Bar-Kochba). Jerusalem becomes Aelia Capitolina.
132 Second meeting of the Rabbis in Usha, composing Mishna. |
