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1812 BCE
Time of Abraham begins
The first of the three patriarchs of Judaism. His story features in the holy texts of all the Abrahamic religions. Abraham plays a role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. -
1544 BCE
Joseph sold into slavery
The story of Joseph demonstrates a historic pattern of the Jew in Diaspora. The Jew arrives impoverished, works hard despite deprivation, and rises to the top. -
1522 BCE
Joseph welcomes his family into Egypt
Joseph realizes that through the generations, the family has created hatred among the brothers. To help heal the situation, he sets the stage for a great test. -
1428 BCE
Israelites enslaved in Egypt
As the Israelites continued to grow in numbers and power, despite the oppression, the Pharaoh's slavery became a simmering genocide. In an attempt to reduce the military potential of Israel, the Pharaoh ordered the killing of male infants. The more-powerful Israelites allowed themselves to be made into slaves. It wasn't a matter of the stronger oppressing the weaker; it was a matter of the weaker ruling over the stronger because the stronger permitted it. -
Period: 1393 BCE to 1273 BCE
Time of moses begins
Moses was a prophet in Abrahamic religions who lived from 1400-1200BCE. He was born during the slavery of the Israelites. He killed a slavemaster then fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered The Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush. God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. -
Period: 1393 BCE to Apr 12, 1273
Moses Continued
Exodus 17:11 and Exodus 32:11. We can learn that Moses was a significant person. He followed God and helped others that needed it. He was a religious teacher who led people to follow God. He split the Red sea and led his people down it. -
1312 BCE
Exodus
The Exodus is the founding myth of Israel. It's message is that the Israelites were delivered from slavery by Yahweh and therefore belong to him through the Mosaic covenant. It tells of the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt following the death of Joseph, their departure under the leadership of Moses, and the revelations at Sinai. The exodus story's intent was to demonstrate God's actions in history. -
1272 BCE
The conquest of promised land
A smaller area of former Canaanite land and land east of the Jordan River was conquered and occupied by their descendants, the Israelites, after Moses led the Exodus out of Egypt and this occupation was interpreted as God's fulfilment of the promise -
1106 BCE
Time of King David begins
The biblical King David of Israel was known for his diverse skills as both a warrior and a writer of psalms. In his 40 years as ruler, he united the people of Israel, led them to victory in battle, conquered land and paved the way for his son, Solomon, to build the Holy Temple. Almost all knowledge of him is derived from the books of the Prophets and Writings: Samuel I and II, Kings I and Chronicles I. -
825 BCE
First temple completed
According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was the Holy Temple in ancient Jerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BCE and its subsequent replacement with the Second Temple in the 6th century BCE. -
796 BCE
Israel split into two kingdoms
On the succession of Solomon's son, Rehoboam, in c. 930 BCE the biblical account reports that the country split into two kingdoms; the Kingdom of Israel (including the cities of Shechem and Samaria) in the north and the Kingdom of Judah (containing Jerusalem) in the south. -
312 BCE
Greeks conquer Israel
King Cyrus of Persia conquered the entire Babylonian Empire, allowed the exiled Jews to return from Babylon, and accepted a form of Jewish home rule in Jerusalem. The Jewish temple was rebuilt. The Greek-Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire, thereby gaining control over Judea. -
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