WORDLINKS 7: Biblical History; Locating Ourselves in the Biblical Time, New Testament

1. Birth of Jesus 6-4 BCE
     (Before the death of Herod the Great)

2. Rule of Herod the Great’s sons
     4 BCE - 6 CE Archelaus (Judea and Samaria)
     4 BCE – 39 CE Herod Antipas (Galilee and Perea-Transjordan)
     4 BCE – 34 CE Philip the Tetrarch (East and North of Galilee)
     Roman Prefects: 6-41 (Pontius Pilate: 26-36)

3. Jesus Event: 27-30
     Public ministry, death and resurrection

4. Paul’s Ministry: 30-63

5. Herod Agrippa I: 37-44
     He extended rule gradually over entire of Palestine

6. Roman procurators: 44-66
     Roman procurators ruled the whole of Palestine

7. First Jewish Revolt: 66-70

8. Siege and fall of Jerusalem: 70
     Titus captured Jerusalem and the destroyed the temple
     70-100: Writing of most NT books

Mk; Mt; Lk and Acts; John; Eph;
Col; 2 Thess; 1-2 Tim; Titus; Heb;
James; 1 Pet; 1-3 John; Jude; Rev

9. Second Jewish Revolt: 132-135

10. Emperor Hadrian and persecution
     In the year 134-135, Hadrian demolished Jerusalem to build Aelia Capitolina. He banned all Jews to enter Jerusalem, not even to come near to the place.

Jesus’s Event (Experience) : 1 >> 30

Apostolic Preaching (Story-Tradition) : 30 >> 70

Evangelists’ Writing (Writing, editing, redacting) : 70 >> 100