Preceden

History of Judaism

Events

Abraham began his journey from Haran to Canaan

1741 BC

Jew's settle into the land of Israel

1400 BC

Moses frees the Jew's from slavery

1400 BC

Moses receives the Torah (10 commandments

1400 BC

The first 5 books of the Bible

First Jewish temple was built in Jerusalem

1000 BC

Under the Kings of David and Solomen

Jerusalem was split into two

1000 BC

Northern kingdom of Israel and the Southern kingdom of Judah

Northern kingdom is destroyed by the Assyrians and its population exiled and lost

722 BCE

The earlier Books of the Prophets are written

722 BCE

The first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem is destroyed

586 BCE

By the Babylonians

Great Assembly was held to collate the Hebrew Bible

410 BCE - 310 BCE

The Old Testament

Beginning of Jewish dispersion

70 CE

Second Jewish Temple is destroyed in Jerulsalem

70 CE

By the Roman's

A second Jewish revolt is put down by the Romans

135

Form of Liturgy and Synagogue Worship develops

200

Jewish "Golden Age"

711

Jewish communities settle in France and Germany

800

Jew's are massacred as Crusaders march through Europe

1099

Jew's are expelled from Spain

1492

Jew's ordered to live in ghettos in Western Europe

1555

Jew's get equal rights as citizens with the French revolution

1789

Anti-Jewish laws are revived in Russia

1881

Hitler gains power in Germany

1933

Jew's continued to move to Israel after the Holocaust from all around the world.

1948 - 1990

The State of Israel is established as the restored homeland of the Jewish people

1948

Regarded as central to Jewish life and identity.