Archaeological Periods and Historical Dates

(Picture: Sunrise On the Dead Sea )

Hello Fellow Travelers.

We will be visiting many ancient sites on our 2008 Tour of Israel and Jordan. Our guide will mention archaeological eras and you may wonder how those dates line up with calendar dates. The following information may be helpful to sync the two.

Age of the Apostles: 33-70 AD

Time of Jesus Christ: 4 BC-33 AD

Intertestamental Period: ca. 400-4 BC (aka Helenistic Period)

Age of Restoration: ca. 539-400 BC (aka Persian Period)

Babylonian Captivity: 586-539 BC

Single Kingdom: 722-586 BC

Divided Kingdom: 931-722 BC

United Kingdom: 1050-931 BC (aka Iron Age)

Time of Judges: 1390-1050 BC (aka Late Bronze/Early Iron Age)

Time of Conquest: 1400-1390 BC

Time of Exodus: 1446-1400 BC (aka Late Bronze Age)

Time of Patriarchs: 2000-1446 BC (aka Middle Bronze Age)

(There will be a test on this in Jerusalem - JUST KIDDING!)

The countdown continues.

Shalom.

Pastor Rick