| Period | | PAGE |
| I. | The Patriarchal Age | [90] |
| II. | The Exodus | [90] |
| III. | The Conquest of Canaan | [90] |
| IV. | The Era of the Judges | [90] |
| V. | The Kingdom (1067–977 B. C. E.) | [91] |
| VI. | Judah and Israel until the Capture of Samaria (977–719 B. C. E.) | [92] |
| VII. | Judah until the Destruction of Jerusalem (719–586 B. C. E.) | [94] |
| VIII. | The Captivity (586–516 B. C. E.) | [95] |
| IX. | The Age of Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Scribes (516–332 B. C. E.) | [96] |
| X. | The Age of the Ptolemies and the Seleucidæ to Antiochus IV (332–175 B. C. E.) | [97] |
| XI. | The Age of the Maccabees (175–140 B. C. E.) | [98] |
| XII. | The Hasmonæan Dynasty (140–37 B. C. E.) | [100] |
| XIII. | The Herodian Dynasty (37 B. C. E.–72 C. E.) | [102] |
| XIV. | The Epoch of the Mishna and the Tanaites (72–219 C. E.) | [104] |
| XV. | The Epoch of the Talmud, the Amoraim, and the Saboraim (219–550 C. E.) | [106] |
| XVI. | From the Completion of the Talmud to the End of the Gaonate (550–1038 C. E.) | [108] |
| XVII. | The Age of Gebirol, Halevi, Rashi, and Maimonides (1038–1204 C. E.) | [111] |
| XVIII. | From the Death of Maimonides to the Expulsion from Spain (1204–1492 C. E.) | [114] |
| XIX. | From the Expulsion from Spain to the Persecution in Poland (1492–1648 C. E.) | [120] |
| XX. | From the Persecution in Poland to the Present Time (1648–1873 C. E.) | [123] |