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3000-2000
Early Bronze Age Canaan; development of city-states
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3200
"Dawn of History" first evidence of writing and organized city life in Mesopotamia and Egypt
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1500-1200
Late Bronze Age Canaan
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1400-1300
"Amarna Age" in Egypt
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1290-1224
Pharaoh Ramses II rules Egypt
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1220
Memorial Stone of Pharaoh Memeptah: first mention of an "Israel" in Canaan
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1200-1020
Tribal Confederation: Period of the Judges
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1000-962
Kingship of David
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962-922
Kingship of Solomon
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960-930
The Yahwist source composed in the southern kingdom of Judah
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900-850
- Elohist source
- composed in the northern kingdom of Israel
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722
Assyrians destroy Samaria, capital of Northern Kingdom(Israel)
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587
Babylonians destroy Jerusalem, capital of Southern Kingdom (judah)
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605-539
Neo-Babylonian Empire
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539
Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylon
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515
Dedication of teh rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem
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334-326
Alexander the Great conquers Persian Empire
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300-63
Hellenistic Period
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63
Roman army under Pompey takes Jerusalem
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Northern Tribes
- Northern Kingdom "Israel"
- highlands of samaria
- patriarch JAcob(Israel), his 12 sons, and the Twelve Tribes
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Southern tribes
- Southern Kingdom "Judah"
- highlands of judah
- abraham and Isaac
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Elohist E source
North tribe
- elohim is the name for God
- written 900-850 BCE in the northern kingdom of Israel after split of United Monarchy into two kingdoms
- focus on "fear of god" and the "covenantal community "
- shared prophetic concerns of early northern prophets
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Deuteronomist D source
NT
- after destruction of Northern kingdom by Assyrians(722BCE) northern legislative material migrates south and is written down
- a priest in the court of King Josiah in Judah discovers book in 622 BCE
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Yahwist or J source
ST
- Yahweh is the name for God
- written in 960-930 BCE in the southern kingdom of Judah
- author may have been a scrive in King solomon's court
- national epic for the newly created united monarchy
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Priestly or Psource
st
- written in 550-450 BCE by Aaronid priests in exile in Babylon, or early post-Exilic period.
- legal and ritual traditions perserved in the South
- focus on family and the temple practices the priesthood, and sacrifical rituals
- exodus and leviticus
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