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Period: 2000 BCE to 1700 BCE
Stories of patriarchs begin during this period
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Period: 1700 BCE to 1550 BCE
Jacob's migration from Canaan to Egypt
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1292 BCE
The birth of Moses
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Period: 1290 BCE to 1225 BCE
Period of the Exodus
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Period: 1025 BCE to 930 BCE
Period of the United Hebrew Monarchy; period of Saul and David
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Period: 930 BCE to 721 BCE
Hebrew people split into Judah and Israel
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700 BCE
Compilation of the "J" texts of Genesis
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Period: 550 BCE to 500 BCE
Work of the "Priestly" writers on the first five books of the Bible
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Period: 538 BCE to 333 BCE
Reestablishment of Israel as a Persian province
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Period: 250 BCE to 100 BCE
Translation of the Pentateuch into Greek
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4 BCE
Birth of Jesus
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30
The crucifixion of Jesus
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Period: 35 to 65
Paul
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Period: 50 to 64
Paul's Epistles
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65
Nero's persecution of Christians in Rome