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Getting the Big Picture : Session 10. The Return and Silence. Nine Periods of the Old Testament. Chronology of the Captivity. Chronology of the Return. What about the kingdom?. Have God’s promises failed? The rebuilding of the temple The rebuilding of the walls
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Getting the Big Picture: Session 10 The Return and Silence
What about the kingdom? • Have God’s promises failed? • The rebuilding of the temple • The rebuilding of the walls • The rebuilding of the people • God’s hand of preservation is clearly seen, but no Jewish king sits on the throne of David
The political developments • The Persian period, 539-331 BC • The Hellenistic Period, 331-164 BC • Alexander the Great, 331-323 BC • The Ptolemaic (Egyptian) period, 320-198 BC • The Seleucid (Syrian) period, 198-164 BC • The Hasmonean (Maccabean) period, 164-63 BC • The Roman period, 63 BC- AD 70 • Herod the Great, 37-4 BC
The religious developments • The Septuagint • The Pharisees • The Saducees • The Essenes • The scribes • The synagogue • The Herodians