Chronology
b.c.e.
538-332 Palestine ruled by the Persians
before 525 Jewish Temple erected at Elephantine in Egypt
516/515 Jerusalem Temple rebuilt (traditional date)
458-445 Careers of Ezra and Nehemiah in Jerusalem
332-323 Conquests of Alexander the Great
322-301 Wars of the Diadochoi
301-198 Palestine ruled by the Ptolemies
259-258 Zenon, secretary to a finance minister of Ptolemy II, visits
Palestine
ca. 250 Translation of Torah into Greek
222-187 Antiochus III rules the Seleucid Empire
198-142 Palestine ruled by the Seleucids
190 Battle of Magnesia: Antiochus III defeated by Rome
ca. 180 Hyrcanus ben Joseph of the Tobiad family builds a palatial
estate atAraq el-Amir in Transjordan
175-164 Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules Seleucid Empire
175 High Priest Onias III deposed by Antiochus IV and re-
placed by Jason, who establishes a gymnasium in
Jerusalem
172 Menelaus outbids Jason and is appointed high priest
170 Onias III killed by Menelaus
169 Antiochus IV’s first Egyptian campaign; plunder of the
Jerusalem Temple
168 Antiochus IV’s second Egyptian campaign (aborted);
founding of the citadel in JerusalemxviEERDMANS -- Early Judaism (Collins and Harlow) final text
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