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This shows major periods and corresponding texts covered in this book.

DATES	1250–1000 BCE (13th–11th centuries)	1000–930 (10th century)	930–800 (10th–9th centuries)	800–700 (8th century)	700–586 (7th and early 6th centuries)	586–538 (6th century)	538–332 (6th–4th centuries)	332–63 (4th–1st centuries)	63 BCE–100 CE (1st century BCE to 1st century CE)
Chapter	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9–15
MAJOR EVENTS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)	Spread of villages in hill country Tribal “Israel” emerges Saul’s chieftainship	Formation of Davidic monarchy Jerusalem taken as capital of Judah/Israel David and Solomon	Formation of northern kingdom of “Israel” Rise and fall of Omride dynasty	Domination and destruction of northern “Israel” by Assyria Domination of Judah by Assyria	Eventual decline of Assyrian power Enactment of Josiah’s “reform” Decline of Judah into domination by Babylon First wave of exile	Destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple Second and third waves of exile of elites to Babylon	Persian victory, waves of return, rebuilding of Temple Nehemiah’s rebuilding of the wall Divorce of foreign wives under Ezra and elevation of Torah	Hellenistic rule Hellenizing crisis Hasmonean kingdom	Roman rule
MAJOR WRITINGS (AND ORAL TRADITIONS)	(No writings, but oral traditions about exodus, trickster ancestors)	Royal and Zion psalms Proverbs (early forms of other texts like the non-P primeval history)	Jacob narrative Joseph narrative Exodus – wilderness story Song of Deborah	Prophecy to the north by Amos and Hosea Prophecy to the south by Micah and Isaiah	Formation of Deuteronomy and following historical books (Joshua–2 Kings) Nahum and Zephaniah Early prophecies from Jeremiah	Exilic additions to biblical books Lamentations Ezekiel and Second Isaiah Non-P (L) narrative of early Israel P coun-ter-narrative of early Israel	Haggai Zechariah Nehemiah memoir Temple rebuilding Ezra narrative Third Isaiah Combined L/P Pentateuch Psalter	Early parts of Enoch Ben Sira Ezra–Nehemiah Esther 1–2 Chronicles Daniel 1–2 Maccabees Judith	Most of the New Testament
MAJOR NEW IDEAS AND THEMES	Election theology	Royal/Zion theology			Exclusive devotion to Yahweh enforced (briefly) by Josiah	Monotheism	Dual Temple – Torah focus	Judaism Resurrection	Emergent belief in Jesus as messiah and Son of God

Timeline

Important 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)