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Chapter V - Chronology and Summary of Events
1. A Chronological Table for the Rise and Fall of Early Christianity
It is to be noted that early Christians were also known as the Ebionites.
333 BC Fall of the Persian Empire; the Jews of Palestine
come under the Ptolemies of Egypt, and later under
the Syriac Seleucids of Antioch.
171 BC Death of Onias III of Antioch.
171-165 BC Persecution of the Jews of Palestine by Antiochus
IV, successor to Onias III.
168 BC Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem and its
dedication to Jupiter.
165 BC End of Jewish persecution; Temple cleansed and
rededicated by the Jews.
163 BC Death of Antiochus IV.
152 BC Overthrow of the Seleucid rule by Mattathias
Maccabaeus the Zealot. Maccabaeus establishes the
theocratic Jewish state in the Holy Land ruled by men with 'Zeal for the Law'.
c. 150 BC - The Qumran settlement, the seat of Zealot resistance
to Rome, and birthplace of Christianity is built
during Maccabean rule. Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls composed during this period.
63 BC Pompey the Great ends Maccabean rule. Palestine
becomes a Roman province governed by a
procurator appointed by Rome.
37 BC Herod the Great installed as king by the Romans.
4 BC Death of Herod. Birth of Jesus? (Assuming Jesus
to be historical)
AD 33 Execution of 'Christ' by Pontius Pilate, procurator
of Judaea.
AD 49 Edict expelling the Jews from Rome by Claudius
due to the troubles instigated by their leader' Chrestus' .
c. AD 50-64 Struggles between James and Paul.
c. AD 64 Death of James.
AD 66-74 First Jewish War; destruction of Qumran and its
inhabitants by Titus (later Emperor Vespasian).
AD 70 Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.
AD 132-5 Second Jewish War; end of 'Early Christianity'.
Paul's heresy becomes official Christianity.
1. A Chronological Table for the Rise and Fall of Early Christianity
It is to be noted that early Christians were also known as the Ebionites.
333 BC Fall of the Persian Empire; the Jews of Palestine
come under the Ptolemies of Egypt, and later under
the Syriac Seleucids of Antioch.
171 BC Death of Onias III of Antioch.
171-165 BC Persecution of the Jews of Palestine by Antiochus
IV, successor to Onias III.
168 BC Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem and its
dedication to Jupiter.
165 BC End of Jewish persecution; Temple cleansed and
rededicated by the Jews.
163 BC Death of Antiochus IV.
152 BC Overthrow of the Seleucid rule by Mattathias
Maccabaeus the Zealot. Maccabaeus establishes the
theocratic Jewish state in the Holy Land ruled by men with 'Zeal for the Law'.
c. 150 BC - The Qumran settlement, the seat of Zealot resistance
to Rome, and birthplace of Christianity is built
during Maccabean rule. Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls composed during this period.
63 BC Pompey the Great ends Maccabean rule. Palestine
becomes a Roman province governed by a
procurator appointed by Rome.
37 BC Herod the Great installed as king by the Romans.
4 BC Death of Herod. Birth of Jesus? (Assuming Jesus
to be historical)
AD 33 Execution of 'Christ' by Pontius Pilate, procurator
of Judaea.
AD 49 Edict expelling the Jews from Rome by Claudius
due to the troubles instigated by their leader' Chrestus' .
c. AD 50-64 Struggles between James and Paul.
c. AD 64 Death of James.
AD 66-74 First Jewish War; destruction of Qumran and its
inhabitants by Titus (later Emperor Vespasian).
AD 70 Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.
AD 132-5 Second Jewish War; end of 'Early Christianity'.
Paul's heresy becomes official Christianity.