Test 2 Dates Flashcards
1250 BC
Exodus; yhwh leads Israelites from desert; Moses
1750 BC
Covenant; contract between Hebrews and yhwh; Abraham
1000 BC
United monarchy; Israel as a united country; Saul, David, Solomon
920 BC
Divided monarchy; rowboat and jeroboam split Israel; Solomon’s sons
722 BC
Northern Israel destroyed by Assyrians
586 BC
Judah conquered; begins Babylonian captivity; Torah is finished
538 BC
End of exile; to be a Jew is to be monotheist SHEMA; Cyrus of Persia frees Jews for his own purposes
332 BC
Greek era; influence by ancient philosophers; Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
168 BC
Maccabean revolt; Antiochus epiphanies IV defeated by Jews; judas Maccabeas
63 BC
Roman period; Rome occupies Israel; gen. Pompeii conquers
67-70 AD
Jewish-roman war; Jerusalem and Jews destroyed, only Christians and Pharisees survive
48 AD
1 Thessalonians; earliest book of the New Testament; St. Paul
313 AD
Edict of Milan; all religions tolerated by Rome; Constantine
326 AD
1st ecumenical council; who was: Jesus/a Christian; Constantine
387 AD
Gospel of athanasius; first time 27 books of n.t. come together