History of Israel Recounted in the Bible History of IsraelDatesPeople Recounted in the Bible 7. Babylonian Exile BCEzekielEzekiel, Obadiah, Lamentations, Isaiah Persian Period BCCyrus, Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi Esther, Daniel 9. Hellenistic Period BCAlexander the Great 10 Maccabean Period BCJudah Maccabee1 & 2 Maccabees 11. Roman Period A. Life of Jesus B. Christian Mission 63 BC on 5 BC – 30 AD 30 – 100 AD Herod the Great Mary, Joseph, Jesus John the Baptist, Peter, Mary Magdalene Peter, Stephen, Philip Paul, Barnabas, Silas Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Acts and Letters
Cyrus King of Persia BC Erich Lessing The Bible Herder 1970
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 BC Erich Lessing The Bible Herder 1970
MALACHI Purification of Worship (around 460 BC)
JOEL Call to Repent mid-400s BC?
JOEL Outpouring of Rain Joel 2:23-24
JOEL Outpouring of Rain—Outpouring of Spirit Joel 2:23-24Joel 2:28-29
Persian CourtNehemiah 1
Nehemiah the Governor (445 BC)
Ezra the Scribe Public Reading of the Law Nehemiah 8
EZRA & JONAH NEHEMIAH A PEOPLE A PEOPLE SET APARTCALLED OUT
Jonah 1
Jonah 3
Jonah 4Castor plant
EZRA & JONAH NEHEMIAH A PEOPLE A PEOPLE SET APARTCALLED OUT