History of Israel Recounted in
the Bible
History of Israel
Dates
People
7. Babylonian Exile
587-539 BC
8. Persian Period
539-332 BC
9. Hellenistic Period
332-165 BC
Alexander the Great
10 Maccabean Period.
165-63 BC
Judah Maccabee
11. Roman Period
63 BC on
A. Life of Jesus
5 BC – 30 AD
B. Christian Mission
30 – 100 AD
Ezekiel
Cyrus, Ezra, Nehemiah
Haggai, Zechariah
Recounted in
the Bible
Ezekiel, Obadiah,
Lamentations, Isaiah
40-55
Ezra, Nehemiah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Joel,
Malachi
Esther, Daniel
1 & 2 Maccabees
Herod the Great
Mary, Joseph, Jesus
John the Baptist, Peter,
Mary Magdalene
Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John
Peter, Stephen, Philip
Paul, Barnabas, Silas
Acts and Letters
Cyrus
King of Persia
539-538 BC
Altar 3
Zerubbabel the Governor
Jeshua the Priest
Rebuild the Altar
ca. 538 BC
Ezra 3:1-3
HAGGAI
“Rebuild the Temple”
520 BC
ZECHARIAH
Visions of
Restoration
520-515 BC
MALACHI
Purification of Worship
(around 460 BC)
JOEL
Call to Repent
mid-400s BC?
Joel 2:23-24
JOEL
Outpouring of Rain
Joel 2:23-24
JOEL
Outpouring of Rain—Outpouring of Spirit
Joel 2:28-29
Persian Court
Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah the Governor (445 BC)
Ezra the Scribe
Public Reading
of the Law
Nehemiah 8
EZRA &
NEHEMIAH
A PEOPLE
SET APART
JONAH
A PEOPLE
CALLED OUT
Jonah 1
Jonah 3
Castor plant
Jonah 4
EZRA &
NEHEMIAH
A PEOPLE
SET APART
JONAH
A PEOPLE
CALLED OUT