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Before the Beginning

Ancient Near East context, Genesis vs cosmology, Sumerian parallels

Part 1: Origins & Patriarchs · Origins · c. 3761+ BCE

The Flood and the Nations

Gilgamesh, flood geology, Table of Nations

Part 1: Origins & Patriarchs · Origins · c. 3000+ BCE

Abraham and the Covenant

Bronze Age Ur, patriarchal migration, Hittite treaties

Part 1: Origins & Patriarchs · Patriarchs · c. 2000–1750 BCE

Isaac, Jacob, and the Twelve

Pastoral Canaan, tribal models, Egyptian references

Part 1: Origins & Patriarchs · Patriarchs · c. 1750–1600 BCE

Joseph and Egypt

Hyksos parallels, Semitic administrators

Part 1: Origins & Patriarchs · Patriarchs · c. 1700–1550 BCE

Slavery and Liberation

Merneptah Stele, exodus theories

Part 2: Exodus & Formation · Exodus · c. 1250 BCE

Sinai and the Law

Hammurabi comparison, monotheism origins

Part 2: Exodus & Formation · Exodus · c. 1200 BCE

Wandering and Conquest

Jericho archaeology, conquest models

Part 2: Exodus & Formation · Exodus · c. 1200–1020 BCE

United Monarchy

Tel Dan Stele, First Temple, minimalist/maximalist debate

Part 3: Kingdoms · Kingdoms · c. 1020–930 BCE

Divided Kingdom

Omri, Mesha Stele, prophets, Siloam Tunnel

Part 3: Kingdoms · Kingdoms · c. 930–722 BCE

Assyrian conquest, Ten Lost Tribes

Part 3: Kingdoms · Kingdoms · 722 BCE

Lachish Letters, Babylonian exile

Part 3: Kingdoms · Kingdoms · 586 BCE

Return and Rebuilding

Cyrus Cylinder, Second Temple

Part 4: Second Temple · Second Temple · 539–516 BCE

Hellenistic Period & Maccabees

Hanukkah origins, Dead Sea Scrolls

Part 4: Second Temple · Second Temple · 332–63 BCE

Herod, Jewish sects, Jesus as historical figure

Part 4: Second Temple · Second Temple · 63 BCE – 66 CE

Destruction of Second Temple

Josephus, Arch of Titus, Bar Kokhba

Part 4: Second Temple · Second Temple · 70–136 CE

Birth of Rabbinic Judaism

Yavneh, Mishnah, Talmud

Part 5: Diaspora & Rabbinic Judaism · Diaspora · 136–500 CE

Jews in the Islamic World

Golden Age of Spain, Cairo Geniza

Part 5: Diaspora & Rabbinic Judaism · Diaspora · 700–1200 CE

Medieval Christendom

Crusades, blood libels, expulsions, Kabbalah

Part 5: Diaspora & Rabbinic Judaism · Diaspora · 1096–1500 CE

Ottoman Refuge & Safed Mysticism

Lurianic Kabbalah

Part 6: Early Modern · Early Modern · 1500–1700

Eastern European Jewry

Hasidism vs Mitnagdim

Part 6: Early Modern · Early Modern · 1700–1800

Enlightenment & Emancipation

Haskalah, Mendelssohn

Part 6: Early Modern · Early Modern · 1750–1880

Denominational Judaism

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox movements

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · 1800–present

Protocols (debunked), pogroms

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · 1880–1939

Herzl, Balfour, British Mandate

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · 1897–1947

Documented evidence, resistance

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · 1933–1945

State of Israel

1948, wars, archaeological renaissance

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · 1948–present

Demographics, denominations, contributions

Part 7: Modern Era · Modern · present