Second Temple Period
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Updated: 17 Feb 2021
A timeline of persons, events, and literatures in the study of the Second Temple period.
***under construction***
**months and days set as "January 1/2" unless a month and day is otherwise known**
GUIDE:
Beige: Judean / Jewish
Blue: General Hellenistic
Green (Dark): Pre-Persian ANE
Green (Light): Foreign Rule over Judea
Pink: Qumran / DSS
Purple: Seleucid
Red: Roman
Orange: Christian Roman
White: Ptolemy
Yellow: Early Christian
~ approximate date, or uncertain date
? very uncertain, speculative date
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Destruction of the First TempleSecond Temple constructedAlexandria foundedPtolemy invades Coele-SyriaAntigonus invades Coele-SyriaBattle at GazaAntigonus retakes PalestineBattle of IpsusTranslation of the LXXPharos CompletedBattle of RaphiaSeleucid Succession WarAntiochus Captures JerusalemPtolemy retakes JerusalemAntiochus retakes JerusalemAntiochus III decreeOlympiodoros SteleOnias III assassinatedAntiochus expedition to EgyptAntiochus expedition to EgyptErection of “abomination of desolation” in JerusalemMenelaus letterRededication of the TempleBook of Daniel*Judean Factional Conflict*Onias IV fleesRestoration of ancestral lawsLeontopolis TempleJudah the Maccabee diesBacchidean TreatyBalas' WeddingEdict of DemetrianSimon captures the AkraSimon's electionSeleucid campaignPompey annexes PalestineDestruction of Second Templebook of RevelationAssassination of Julius CaesarEdict of ClaudiusPaul's death?Gospel MarkGospels of Matthew and LukeGospel of JohnJosephus' AntiquitiesJosephus' Against ApioDidache1 Clement"Martyrdom of Polycarp"Josephus' Jewish WarMasada fallsQumran DestroyedBen SiraBen Sira translation ~Emergence of Essenism?1QS1QM11QPs^a (11Q5)Habakkuk PesherDamascus DocumentProto-TS11QT^a1QIsa^aDiodorus' Bibliotheca HistoricaCicero's Pro FlaccusCicero's De Provinciis ConsularibusPompey killed in AlexandriaCorinth conquredBattle of PydnaRoman Greece establishedAthens besiegedCyrene annexedVirgil's AeneidByblos capturedJason's Hellenistic ProgramBattle of IssusDeath of Alexander the GreatEdict of MilanParthian take-overEmbassy to CaligulaEgypt Conuered by AssyriaIsrael falls to AssyriaNineveh Made CapitalJerusalem Resists AssyriansBattle of ActiumProvince of Judaea Reorganized as Syria-PalestinaGessius Florus plunders TempleZenon's Palestinian JourneyBattle of MagnesiaTreaty of ApameaZechariah 9-14Late HB compositionsSong of Songs?
Qohelet?Renovation of the Second Temple beginsBattle of PaniumComposition of the Odyssey?Tobit ~Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36)JubileesAnimal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90)Book of Baruch1QH^a4QMMTSongs of the Sabbath SacrificeAstronomical Book of Enoch ~Letter to the EphesiansLetter to the ColossiansComposition of Pastoral Epistles?Acts of Paul and Thecla?2 ClementEpistle of BarnabasPolycarp's "Letter to the Philippians"2 Peter"The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienna"Sepherd of HermasGospel of TruthGospel of PhilipActs of PeterApostolic ConstitutionsDidiscalia Apostolorum1 ThesslaoniansGalatians1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansPhilippiansRomansPhilemonGospel of ThomasInfancy Gospel of ThomasSecret Gospel of MarkPliny the Younger's Letter to Trajan2 Baruch4 EzraTheudas"The Egyptian"A Messiah figureJonathan the Sicarius"The Samaritan"Death of John the Baptist ~Death of Apollonius of Tyana?Eusebius' Ecclesiastical HistoryEpistle to Diogenes?Embassy on Behalf of ChristiansTertullian's "Apology"Pseudo-Celementine RecognitionsClement of AlexandriaOrigen's "Against Celsus"Tatian's "Address to the Greeks"DiatesseronThe Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit ~Apostolic Tradition ~Justin Martyr's "First Apology"Wadi ed-Daliyeh PapyriBattle of Milvian BridgeProphyry's "Against the Christians"Council of NiceaAthanasius' Canon {in his Festal Letter)Justin Martyr's "Dialogue with Trypho"Tatian's conversionLucian's "Death of Perigrinus"Irenaeus's "Against Heresies"CelsusGospel of Philip1 John2 and 3 John3 Maccabees4 Maccabees1 Maccabees2 MaccabeesJoseph and Aseneth ~Judith ~Aramaic Levi Document (ALD) ~Periods
Persian PeriodHellenistic PeriodRoman PeriodJoseph the Tobiad's careerAntiochus III intervention in PalestineHyrcanus the Tobiad's careerAntiochus IV Epiphanes “persecution”Ministry of Jesus the NazereneDIctatorship of Julius CaesarConsulship of Julius CaesarFirst Pauline MissionSecond Pauline MissionThird Pauline MissionHasmonean RevoltDiasporic Jewish RevoltBar Kokhba RevoltSectarian Occupation of Khirbet QumranThird Macedonian WarThird Servile WarRoman conquest of Syria-PalestineThe Great Revolt (First Jewish War)Life of Philo of AlexandriaLife of JosephusCivil War (Hasmonean War of Succession)First Syrian WarSecond Syrian WarThird Syrian WarFourth Syrian WarFifth Syrian WarSixth Syrian WarBabatha ArchiveLife of Cassius DioLife of Eusebius of CaesareaIron AgeBronze AgeDiocletian PersecutionDecian persecutionLife of AristotleLife of PlatoLife of SocratesLife of Alexander the GreatLife of PolybiosLife of Pindar the poetLife of Bacchylides the poetGrouping
Hasmonean High Priest / Rulers
Seleucid Rulers
Periods
Seleucus I NicatorAntiochus I SoterAntiochus II TheosSeleucus II CallinicusSeleucus III Soter CeraunosAntiochus III (the Great)Seleucus IV PhilopatorAntiochus IV EpiphanesAntiochus V EupaorDemetrius I SoterAlexander BalasDemetrius II NicatorAntiochus VI EpiphanesTryphoAntiochus VII SidetesDemetrius II NicatorAntiochus VIII GrypusSeleucus VI Epiphanes NicatorAntiochus XIIIPtolemaic Rulers
Periods
Ptolemy I SoterPtolemy II PhiladelphusPtolemy III EugetesPtolemy IV PhilopatorPtolemy V EpiphanesPtolemy VI PhilometorPtolemy VIII PhysconPtolemy VIII PhysconPtolemy IX LathyrosPtolemy IX LathyrosBerenice IIIPtolemy XII AuletesPtolemy X Alexander IPtolemy XII AuletesBerenice IVCleopatra VII PhilopatorPtolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar**Gaius Cornelius GallusRoman Emperors
Roman Governors of Judea
Periods
CoponiusM. AmbibulusAnnius RufusValerius GratusPontius PilateMarcellusMarullusCuspius FadusTiberius Julius AlexanderVentidius CumanusFelixPorcius FestusAlbinusGessius FlorusLucilius BassusL. Flavius SilvaCn. Pompeius LonginusSex. Hermetidus CampanusAtticusC. Julius Quadratus BassusQ. Roscius Coelius Pompeius FalcoTiberianus?Lusius Quietusconsular provinceQ. Tineius RufusSex. Julius SeverusHerodian Dynasy
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