| 323. | Death of Alexander the Great. |
| 320. | Jerusalem entered by Ptolemy I Soter. A large number of Judæan prisoners carried to Egypt. |
| 312. | The beginning of the Seleucidæan Era (Battle of Gaza). |
| 301. | Judæa, a subdivision of Cœlesyria, tributary to Egypt (Battle of Ipsus); the high priest the political chief. Judæan colonies in Græco-Macedonian countries; Greek colonies in Judæa. |
| 300 (about). | Simon the Just high priest and the last of the Men of the Great Assembly. |
| 240. | After a struggle between the Ptolemies and the Seleucidæ, Cœlesyria again adjudged to Egypt. |
| | Onias II, high priest, refuses to pay tribute to Egypt. |
| 230 (about). | Joseph, son of Tobiah, and grandson of Simon the Just, represents the Judæans at the court of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Ptolemy IV Philopator, and is made farmer of taxes. |
| | Joseph introduces Greek feasts and games at Jerusalem. |
| 218. | Judæa sides with Egypt against Antiochus III the Great. |
| 209 (about). | Hyrcanus, son of Joseph, Judæan representative at the court of the Ptolemies. |
| | The “Song of Songs” composed. |
| 203. | The Tobiades, the elder brothers of Hyrcanus, Syrian partisans. Judæa tributary to Antiochus III the Great. |
| | The Hellenists and the Chassidim (Assidæans) begin to oppose each other. |
| 200 (about). | Jesus Sirach writes the apocryphal book Ecclesiasticus. |
| 176 (about). | Heliodorus, treasurer to Seleucus IV Philopator, attempts to confiscate the Temple treasures. |