History of Ancient Israel and its Book

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Dick

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Events / History
1850 1200 Time of the Patriarchs – no historical evidence outside of the bible for this period
1200 Evidence of Israelites dwelling in Canaan
1020 1000 Saul first king ofIsrael– Anointed by Samuel
1000 960 King David rules over a united Israel
960 930 King Solomon rules over a united Israel
930 722 Period of the Two Kingdoms
922 722 The E author composes in theNorthern Kingdom
848 722 The J author composes in the Southern Kingdom
722 The fall of Israel [northern Kingdom] by the Assyrians – Sargon II
722 E and J are combined in the Southern Kingdom, again probably in Jerusalem.
722 609 The P author [an Aaronid priest] during the reign of King Hezekiah.
622 The D author [probably Baruch / Jeremiah (Shiloh)] composes in the Southern Kingdom, most certainly inJerusalem. Edited after the fall ofJerusalem.
587 538 The fall of Judah [southern Kingdom] by the Babylonians [modern day Iraq], the Babylonian Captivity – Nebuchadnezzar II
538 332 Persian [modern day Iran] Rule, return from exile – King Cyrus
516 516 Dedication of the Second Temple at Passover
516 The R [redactor – Ezra] combines J, E, D, and P into the Five Books of Moses.
332 53 Greek Period – Alexander the Great
39 100 AD Roman Period
1000 BC 17th C AD Moses is believed to be the author of the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture.
18th C 21st C
  1. German Historical School – Documentary Theory.  At present there is no serious scholar who thinks that Moses wrote the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.
  1. In 1943 Pope Pius XII in his encyclical, Divino Afflante Spiritu, embraced modern scholarly biblical research
  1. New Tools :
    1. Linguistic Analysis
    1. Archeological Revolution
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