JEWISH HISTORY

BIBLICAL PERIOD (1800 BCE-323 CE)

• 1800 BCE: Abraham enters the Promised Land
• 1250 BCE: Moses, Exodus, and the reception of the Law
• 1200 BCE: Re-entry into Promised Land
• 1050 BCE: Davidic Period
• 1000 BCE: Written Torah begins

BIBICAL PERIOD (1800 BCE-323 CE)

• 950 BCE: The Construction of the first temple in Jerusalem
• 586 BCE: Babylonian exile and the destruction of the first Temple
• 537 BCE: Return from Babylonian exile
• 500 BCE: Construction of the second Temple begins
• 331 BCE: Jerusalem conquered by Alexander the Great

RABBINIC PERIOD (323 BCE- 637 CE)

• 168 BCE: Antiochus IV demands that Jews cease
• with their rituals in the Temple
• 165 BCE: Maccabean Revolt
• 160 BCE: Septuagint compiled
• 10 CE: Hillel and Shammai

RABBINIC PERIOD (323 BCE- 637 CE)

• 70 CE: Destruction of the second Temple by Romans
• 600 CE: Completion of two Talmuds

MEDIEVAL PERIOD (639 CE- 1783 CE)

• 1000 CE: Golden Age of Judaism commences in Spain
• 1492 CE: Jews first expelled from Iberian Peninsula

MODERN PERIOD (1783 CE- NOW)

• 1897 CE: Beginning of the Zionist movement
• 1933 CE: Beginning of the Holocaust
• 1948 CE: Establishment of the State of Israel
• 1967 CE: The Six-Day war
• 1993 CE: Oslo Peace Accord between Israelis and Palestinians brokered

MODERN PERIOD (1783 CE- NOW)

• 1993 CE: Israel and Holy See sign
• fundamental agreement in Jerusalem