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]

I. THE PATRIARCHAL AGE.

B.C.E.
1500 (about).Abraham leaves Ur of the Chaldees.
Supreme power of Joseph in Egypt.
Jacob and his household occupy Goshen in Egypt.

II. THE EXODUS.

Birth of Moses.
The Exodus.
Revelation at Mount Sinai.
Worship of the Golden Calf.
Rebellion of Korah.
Death of Miriam and Aaron.
The Israelites defeat the Emorite king Sihon at Jahaz.
Og, king of Bashan, defeated at Edreï.
The prophecy of Balaam.
Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh settle in the land east of the Jordan (Peræa).
Death of Moses.

III. THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.

Leadership of Joshua.
Passage of the Jordan.
Capture of Jericho.
Submission of the Gibeonites.
Division of the land among the tribes.
The Jebusites and others permitted to keep their territory.
The Tabernacle at Shiloh.
Death of Joshua.

IV. THE ERA OF THE JUDGES.

Judges.