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IMPORTANT DATES IN BIBLICAL, SECOND TEMPLE HISTORY PDF by Rabbi Steven Morgen, of Congregation Beth Yeshurun, a Conservative Jewish Congregation in Houston, TX.

A Timeline for the Bible from Reading the Bible as Literature: A Journey by Jody Ondich

The Major Biblical People and Events by Shaye J.D. Cohen

Basic Ideas Timeline (with some related events) by Shaye J.D. Cohen

When? What? Where?

TIMELINE with MAPS

The composition of the Biblical text was a process that spanned the years between 700 bce-400 bce 

 

745 BCE-727 BCE fall of the Syrian territorial kingdoms: Aram Damascus, Hamat? 

Late 8th century BCE Vassal kingdoms under the expanded Assyrian Empire: How Do I Get My Business On The Google Map For Local - White Map Icon And  Transparent Background, HD Png Download , Transparent Png Image - PNGitemMAP

 

720 BCE the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and its capital Samaria to the Assyrian Empire accompanied by the exile of “the ten tribes”. 

 

1st half of the 7th century BCE (700 BCE- 650 BCE): “Pax Assyriaca” The Assyrian Peace

 

701 BCE Sanacherib’s Siege of Jerusalem, conquest miraculously averted

622 BCE Josiah's reform (2 Kings 22-23)

605 BCE The battle of Carchemish where Babylonians decisively defeated the Egyptians and the remnant of the Assyrians

601 BCE Battle of Megiddo in which king Josiah 

 

598 BCE Exile of Jehoiachin 

586 BCE the fall of the Southern  Kingdom of Judah and its capital Jerusalem to the Babylonian Empire accompanied by the exile of the  Judahite Elite known as “the Babylonian Exile”.  

How many years were the Judahites living under Assyrian rule? Almost a century. What years?

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