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==Creation to New Testament period==
 
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===Creation to the Great Flood===  
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*0 AM: Heaven and earth are created, including [[Adam and Eve]].
 
*0 AM: Heaven and earth are created, including [[Adam and Eve]].

Revision as of 05:36, August 12, 2011

Creation to New Testament period

Creation to the Great Flood

AM - according to the Septuagint dating [1]

  • 0 AM: Heaven and earth are created, including Adam and Eve.
  • 230 AM: Seth, Son of Adam, born.
  • 930 AM: Death of Adam (Aged 930 yo)
    • 1948 AM: c, Birth of Abraham in Mesopotamia (standard Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible)
    • 2247 AM: c, Birth of Abraham in Mesopotamia (Samaritan version of the Torah)
    • 3312 AM: c, Birth of Abraham in Mesopotamia (Greek Septuagint text)
      • Death of Sarah (Aged 127 yo), buried by Abraham in the Cave of the Patriarchs.
  • 2123 AM: c, death of Abraham (Aged 175 yo) in Canaan.
Sorting out the Judges, from the Book of Judges
Mentions judges such as Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, and Samson

Great Flood to Abraham

  • 2262 AM / 5600 BC: c, The Great Flood [Genesis 7 and 8].
  • 2263 AM / 5599 BC: c, Adam and his family exit the Ark [Genesis 8:13-14].
  • 2264 AM / 5598 BC: c, Arpachshad, son of Shem (100 yo), is born [Genesis 11:10].

Abraham to New Testament

1550 to 1200 BC
temporary list of activity by biblical figures.

10th century BC (1000 BC to )

  • 1000 BC: Menelik, son of Solomon and Queen of Sheba, visits Jerusalem and steals the Ark of the Covenant (Ethiopian tradition).
  • 970 BC: Death of the holy and righteous King David.

9th century BC (900 BC to end of

  • The Holy Prophet Hosea (First of the Minor Prophets), tribe of Issachar, October 17.

7th century BC (700 BC and ends 601 BC)

  • The Holy Prophet Nahum (7th of the 12 Minor prophets) from the village of Elkosh, died 45 years old, December 1.
  • 609 BC Death of King Josiah, d. June/July.

6th century BC (600 BC and ends 501 BC)

  • 597 BC: Deportation of Jews (first). King Jeconiah.
  • 586 BC: Babylonian captivity for the Jews begins. Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.
  • 582 BC: Possible deportation of Jews (third).
  • 538 BC: Forced exile.
  • 536 BC: The holy prophet Daniel receives an angelic visitor.[2]

5th century BC (500 BC and ends 401 BC)

Note: During this period, both Ezra and Nehemiah, leaders of the Jews, return from Babylonian Exile.

  • 458 BC: Ezra leads about 1,500 Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem, where he enforces observance of the Torah and cleanses the community of mixed marriages. Described in the Book of Ezra 8:2-14.
  • 459 BC: Ezra leads the Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem (second lot).
  • 413 BC: c, Death of Nehemiah.

4th century BC (400 BC and ends 301 BC)

  • 332 BC: Alexander the Great enters Jerusalem.

Last century BC (100 BC and ends 1 BC)

  • 19 BC: c, 16 BC Presentation of the Theotokos, at the age of three.
  • 16 BC: c, 9 BC According to Orthodox tradition Joachim and Anna retire to Wâdî Qilt located in the desert between Jerusalem and Jericho.
  • 12 BC: c, 9 BC The dormition of St. Anna, the mother of the Theotokos, July 25 [4]
  • 7 BC: c, 4 BC Christ is born in Bethlehem, April 17; The Magi [5], appear in Matthew 2; The Nativity Sheperds [6], appear in Luke 2.
  • 4 BC: Other events: Apostle Paul born in Tarsus; Herod the Great dies.
Unknown dates:



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  1. English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible, by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton 1851.
  2. Daniel 10:4
  3. Saint Ioachim and Anna brought gifts to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on the yearly Feast of the Dedication (Hanukkah) and Feast of Lights (c.f. Macc 4:52-59; 2 Macc 10:5).
  4. St. Ioachim lived for 80 years and Anna for 79. They lived for around seven years after Mary was dedicated, making the holy Theotokos around 10 when they reposed.
  5. European folklore has maintained the names of the Magi to be Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar (or Caspar)
  6. The Syrian "Book of the Bee" suggests the names of the Nativity Sheperds to be Asher, Zebulun, Justus, Nicodemus, Joseph, Barshabba, and Jose.