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The Intertestamental Period

The Intertestamental Period. 400 BC. 5 BC?. Old Testament completed. Birth of Jesus. Amos. Malachi?. 400 Silent Years. 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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The Intertestamental Period

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  1. The Intertestamental Period

  2. 400 BC 5 BC? Old Testament completed Birth of Jesus Amos Malachi? 400 Silent Years

  3. 400 BC 331 BC 5 BC? Old Testament completed Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Birth of Jesus Amos Malachi? Alexander the Great Persian Empire

  4. Alexander the Great of Macedonia, 332 B.C. Tyre

  5. Fall of Tyre on July 29. 332 B.C. • Seven month siege

  6. 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).

  7. The World of Alexander • Cultural interchange from east to west • Scientific learning • Hellenization • Greek language • Alexander’s death

  8. Cassander Lysimachus Antigonus the one-eyed Seleucus Ptolemy

  9. Ptolemy II Philadelphus Pharos Lighthouse Library of Alexandria Septuagint War with the Seleucids

  10. Antiochus III “the Great” Ptolemy

  11. Antiochus IV Epiphanes • Hostage in Rome • Escape • Campaign against Egypt

  12. Antiochus IV Epiphanes • Hostage in Rome • Escape • Campaign against Egypt • First revolt in Judah

  13. 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

  14. Antiochus IV • Maccabean Revolt • 167 B.C. • Mattathias • Temple liberated

  15. 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

  16. Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan • Simon becomes new leader • Judah recognized as a free state: 142 B.C. • High Priest

  17. Judah John Hyrcanus Mattathias Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan • John Hyrcanus becomes leader • Samaria, Galilee & Idumea conquered • Forced conversions of conquered peoples

  18. Two New Jewish Parties • Hasidim: “The Pious Ones” • Pharisees • Hellenists: Greek influence • Sadducees

  19. Judah John Hyrcanus Mattathias Aristobulus Alexander Janneus Hyrcanus II Aristobulus II Mattathias Johanan Simon Judas Eleazer Jonathan Salome Alexandria

  20. Pompey the Great • Commissioned to clear the seas of piracy • Conquests in Syria • Conquest of Jerusalem • Territorial arrangements

  21. Decapolis Samaria Judea

  22. Roman Civil War

  23. Antipateras Procurator Herod Phasael

  24. Parthians Petra

  25. Marc Antony Octavius

  26. Herod the Great 40 - 4 B.C.

  27. Zerubbabel’s Temple Seleucid Addition Hasmonean Expansion Herod’s Temple

  28. Caesarea

  29. Herod’s Domestic Troubles It is better to be Herod’s uV Than to be Herod’s uioV

  30. 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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