The Intertestamental Period
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD
A Paper
Submitted to Dr. James F. Davis
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
New Testament Introduction
(NBST 525)
By
Charles Koomson
March 3, 2013.
TABLE CONTENT
INTRODUCTION 3 THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD 4 THE GREEK PERIOD 5 The Ptolematic Period……………………………………………………………………...6 The Seleucid Period………………………………………………………………………..7 PERIOD OF JEWISH SELF-RULE 9 The Maccabees……………………………………………………………………………..9 The Hasmoneans…………………………………………………………………………...9 THE ROMAN PERIOD 10 The Reign of Herod the Great 11 The Roman Emperors 11 THE ARRIVAL OF THE MESSIAH 12 LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD 13 THE JEWISH SECTS 13 SIGNIFICANT GROUP IN THE PERIOD 14 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………….15 BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………………….16
INTRODUCTION
According to Lance Lambert, the period between the end of the O.T. canon and the beginning of the N.T. has been called “the four hundred silent years.” They may indeed have been silent insofar as there was no great prophetic voice, or any appearance of directly inspired Scripture. If, however, we were to think of Divine Activity, these four hundred years were anything but silent. The fact that there was silence does not mean nothing took place at the time. Incredible and sweeping changes occurred in every area of human life. Generally, it is believed that while enormous world empires disappeared, others also appeared. The Jews were strewn all over the occupied earth, and everywhere they journeyed they gathered collectively for the purpose of worship and study. They evolved into a living witness of the living God among the Gentiles. “God’s Word, which is the very disclosure of Himself, was interpreted in its whole into Greek, and as e result numerous people became responsive of something before concealed.”
Many nations
THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD
A Paper
Submitted to Dr. James F. Davis
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
New Testament Introduction
(NBST 525)
By
Charles Koomson
March 3, 2013.
TABLE CONTENT
INTRODUCTION 3 THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD 4 THE GREEK PERIOD 5 The Ptolematic Period……………………………………………………………………...6 The Seleucid Period………………………………………………………………………..7 PERIOD OF JEWISH SELF-RULE 9 The Maccabees……………………………………………………………………………..9 The Hasmoneans…………………………………………………………………………...9 THE ROMAN PERIOD 10 The Reign of Herod the Great 11 The Roman Emperors 11 THE ARRIVAL OF THE MESSIAH 12 LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD 13 THE JEWISH SECTS 13 SIGNIFICANT GROUP IN THE PERIOD 14 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………….15 BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………………………….16
INTRODUCTION
According to Lance Lambert, the period between the end of the O.T. canon and the beginning of the N.T. has been called “the four hundred silent years.” They may indeed have been silent insofar as there was no great prophetic voice, or any appearance of directly inspired Scripture. If, however, we were to think of Divine Activity, these four hundred years were anything but silent. The fact that there was silence does not mean nothing took place at the time. Incredible and sweeping changes occurred in every area of human life. Generally, it is believed that while enormous world empires disappeared, others also appeared. The Jews were strewn all over the occupied earth, and everywhere they journeyed they gathered collectively for the purpose of worship and study. They evolved into a living witness of the living God among the Gentiles. “God’s Word, which is the very disclosure of Himself, was interpreted in its whole into Greek, and as e result numerous people became responsive of something before concealed.”
Many nations
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