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The beginnings : history and the Bible
History and the book of Genesis
Israel enters history
Israel settles in the land
Israel becomes a kingdom : Saul, David, and Solomon
The rise of the Omrides, or how Israel finally became a state
From polytheism to worship of one god : religion in ancient Israel
Judah rules alone : from the fall of Samaria to the fall of Jerusalem
Judah and the Jews in the Babylonian and Persian empires
The coming of the Greeks : Alexander's conquests and Ptolemaic rule
The threat to Jewish religion, the Maccabean revolt, and the Hasmonaean kingdom
The Roman takeover and the reign of Herod the Great
The first century CE : Roman and Herodian rule to the fall of Jerusalem
Last gasps : the final Jewish revolts under Trajan and Hadrian
Summary : history of the Jewish people over two thousand years.
History and the book of Genesis
Israel enters history
Israel settles in the land
Israel becomes a kingdom : Saul, David, and Solomon
The rise of the Omrides, or how Israel finally became a state
From polytheism to worship of one god : religion in ancient Israel
Judah rules alone : from the fall of Samaria to the fall of Jerusalem
Judah and the Jews in the Babylonian and Persian empires
The coming of the Greeks : Alexander's conquests and Ptolemaic rule
The threat to Jewish religion, the Maccabean revolt, and the Hasmonaean kingdom
The Roman takeover and the reign of Herod the Great
The first century CE : Roman and Herodian rule to the fall of Jerusalem
Last gasps : the final Jewish revolts under Trajan and Hadrian
Summary : history of the Jewish people over two thousand years.