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TheTimeBetweentheOldTestamentandtheNewTestament ThePersianPeriod 539–336BC • KingsofPersia o Cyrus o Darius • Samaritans,thoseIsraeliteswhointermarriedwithBabyloniansandSyrians, wereincontinualconflictwiththeJews.Theyevenhadbuilttheirown templeinthenorth.Worshipincludedmixingpaganismwiththeworshipof YAHWEH. • PersiafallstoAlexandertheGreat TheHellenisticPeriod 336–165BC • TheGreekempirebecomesthelargestintheworldatthattime. • WorshipbytheJewscontinuedwithlittlechange • ThousandsofJewswereresettledtoAlexandria • GreeklanguagewaspromotedandJewsbegantospeakGreek • TheOldTestamentwastranslatedintoGreekandbecameknownasthe Septuagint,whichisstillusedandquotedtoday. • 198BC–AntiochusEpiphanesdesecratedthetemple,triedtowipeoutthe Jews,forcedthemtoeatpork,cancelledtheSabbathandHolyDays. • ThosewhoresistedthesechangeswereknownastheHellenistsandthe HasidimandthenlaterasthePharisees. TheMaccabeanPeriod 165-63BC • Maccabees,alsocalledtheHasmoneans • Mattathias–ledarebellionwithfaithfulJewsagainsttheSyrianrulers. • TheSadduceessupportedHasmoneanrulers,askingsandpriests. • ThePhariseesinsistedthekingsandpriestscouldonlybedescendantsof DavidandAaron. • 63BCPompeysackedJerusalem.TheJewslosttheirfreedomandwereruled bytheRomans. • Thiswasthelastperiodofself-ruleuntilthestateofIsraelwasformedin 1948. TheRomanPeriod–ThetimeofPAXRomana 63BC–135AD • JewshavecomeundertheruleoftheRomans. • Theyhavefreedomofworshipandruleoftheirownaffairs. • ThePhariseesbecamelegalists • • • • • TheirhopeisforaMessiahwhowillcomeandconquertheRomans Theyexpectawarrior–notababyborninamanger FactionsdevelopbetweenthePhariseesandtheSadducees However,theyagreeJesusmustbeputtodeath TheGreeklanguage,theRomanhighwaysandextentofitsempiremadeit possibletocommunicatethemessageofChrist’sresurrection–“thesettime hadfullycome,GodsentHisSon.”Gal.4:4 NOTES:DuringthetimeofPaxRomana • Therehadbeennoprophetsfor400years.ThelastprophetbeingMalachi. • WorshiptookplaceintheTempleaswellasindozensofsynagogues. • Thereligiousgoverningbodywasestablished–TheSanhedrin • Pharisees,Sadducees,Scribes(teachers)weregovernedbytheSanhedrin
