A Contemporary Introduction to the Bible - Colleen M. Conway

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texts are noted in bold.

      BCE SOUTH (Judah) NORTH (“Israel” in narrowersense)

      1300 (Waning Egyptian domination of Canaan)

      Spread of villages in Israelite hill country

      1200 Merneptah Stela

      (Assorted battles, e.g. Deborah, of hill-country Israelites with neighbors)

      Important texts are noted in bold.

BCE SOUTH (Judah) NORTH (“Israel” in narrower sense)
1300 (Waning Egyptian domination of Canaan) Spread of villages in Israelite hill country
1200 Merneptah Stela (Assorted battles, e.g. Deborah, of hill-country Israelites with neighbors)
1100 Oral exodus traditionsOral ancestral traditionsOral victory traditions
Saul’s “chieftainship” David (Hebron; 1010–1002)
1000 David (Hebron; 1010–1002)David (Jerusalem; 1002–970)Royal psalms, Zion psalms Solomon (Jerusalem; 970–930) Proverb collections (early form??) Non-P primeval history Rehoboam (Jerusalem)
900 Jeroboam founds northern monarchy(early written forms of) Jacob narrative, Joseph novella exodus-Moses narrative, and Song of Deborah Omride dynasty (880–841)
800 Jehu’s coup (841)Jeroboam II (782–753)
Isaiah (start of collection) Syro-Ephraimite war(735–734) Assyrian domination of Israel begins (745–) Amos
Hosea Assyrian domination of Judah begins (734–) Isaiah (continued), Micah
Hezekiah (715–686) Assyrian destruction of Israel (722)Hezekiah’s rebellion and reform (705)
700 (Waning of Assyrian power)
Zephaniah Josiah’s reform (623) Josianic edition of Deuteronomy, 2 Kings, etc (Fall of Nineveh, Assyria’s capital)
Nahum Jeremiah Domination of Judah by Babylonia
600 First wave of exiles (597) Ezekiel’s early prophecy
Destruction of Jerusalem and second wave of exiles (586) Lamentations and Psalm 137Ezekiel’s later prophecy
Third wave of exiles (582) Exilic additions to Deuteronomy, 2 Kings, and other booksNon-P/L Pentateuchal Source (incorporating exilic-modified forms of older non-P primeval history, Jacob–Joseph story, exodus-Moses story, and Deuteronomy)Priestly Pentateuchal SourceSecond Isaiah
Persian conquering of Babylonian empire (539) First wave of returnees (538)Another wave, beginning of Temple
restoration (532) Another wave with Zerubbabel, completion of Temple rebuilding (520–515)
500 Haggai and Zechariah (1–9) Nehemiah’s return and governorships (445–425) (rebuilding wall, purification of priesthood) Nehemiah memoir
400 Return with Ezra, divorce of foreign wives, elevation of Torah (397–)Combined (P and non-P/L) PentateuchNarratives of Temple-rebuilding and EzraThird IsaiahPsalter (final, Torah-oriented version of the book) Greek conquering of Persian empire (332)
300 (Shifting domination of Palestine by Greek Ptolemies[Egypt] and Seleucids [Mesopotamia]; 332–142)Early parts of Enoch 1–2 Chronicles Wisdom of Ben Sira
200
100 Roman takeover of Palestine (63)Rule of Herod in Palestine (40–4)Beginning of Roman empire with reign of Caesar Augustus (Octavian) (27)Birth of Jesus (4?)
CE Paul’s letters (50s) Jewish War (first Jewish revolt) (66–70) Destruction of the Temple (70)
Gospel of MarkGospels of Matthew and LukeActs of the ApostlesRevelation of JohnGospel of JohnPastoral Epistles
A map of ancient North East. The map shows Black Sea in the North West, Caspian Sea in the North East, Mediterranean Sea in the West, Persian Gulf in the South East and Red Sea in the South West.

      MAP 0.1 The ancient Near East. Redrawn from Adrian Curtis (ed.), Oxford Bible Atlas (4th edition). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, page 67.

       Chapter Outline

       Chapter Overview

       The Bible as a Complex Product of Many Hands

       The Different Scriptures of Judaism and Christianity

       Basics on Bible Translations

       Bible Abbreviations, Verses, and Chapters

      

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