Rels 100 Midterm dates

Question 1

Destruction of the first temple

Answer 1

destroyed by Babylonian’s 586? BCE
stele: Egyptian pharaoh, son and successor of Rameses II, who reigned about 1212-1203 BCE. His stele commemorating the defeat of several Canaanite nations includes the earliest known reference to Israel, which Merneptah claimed to have totally eradicated.

Question 2

Jamina

Answer 2

coastal town, 90CE. Major step in the formation of the Hebrew Bible canon.

Question 3

Fall of Israel

Answer 3

722 BCE to Neo- Assyrian Empire.

Question 4

Reign of King David:

Answer 4

1000-961 BCE

Question 5

Division into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms

Answer 5

922BCE

Question 6

Babylonian Captivity:

Answer 6

587-539 BCE exile of king Jeconial, Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar

Question 7

Alexander the Great (beginning of Greco-Roman period)

Answer 7

reigned 336-323 BCE, born 356-323 BCE

Question 8

Assyrians (period of their threat to Judaism):

Answer 8

742-701 BCE

Question 9

Reign of Josiah

Answer 9

640-609 BCE

Question 10

Creation of the Septuagint-

Answer 10

2nd century BCE

Question 11

Destruction of the first temple

Answer 11

destroyed by Babylonian’s 586? BCE
stele: Egyptian pharaoh, son and successor of Rameses II, who reigned about 1212-1203 BCE. His stele commemorating the defeat of several Canaanite nations includes the earliest known reference to Israel, which Merneptah claimed to have totally eradicated.

Question 12

Jamina

Answer 12

coastal town, 90CE. Major step in the formation of the Hebrew Bible canon.

Question 13

Fall of Israel

Answer 13

722 BCE to Neo- Assyrian Empire.

Question 14

Reign of King David:

Answer 14

1000-961 BCE

Question 15

Division into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms

Answer 15

922BCE

Question 16

Babylonian Captivity:

Answer 16

587-539 BCE exile of king Jeconial, Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar

Question 17

Alexander the Great (beginning of Greco-Roman period)

Answer 17

reigned 336-323 BCE, born 356-323 BCE

Question 18

Assyrians (period of their threat to Judaism):

Answer 18

742-701 BCE

Question 19

Reign of Josiah

Answer 19

640-609 BCE

Question 20

Creation of the Septuagint-

Answer 20

2nd century BCE