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PERIODS	WHERE DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE	PEOPLE	PLACES
Beginnings	Genesis 1-11	Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah	-----
Ancestral Period 2000-1700	Genesis	Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael Isaac, Rebekah Esau, Jacob Rachel, Joseph	Canaan, Egypt
Sojourn in Egypt 1700-1275 BC.	Exodus 1	-----	Egypt, Nile River
Exodus & Wilderness Wanderings 1275-1235 BC.	Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy	Moses	Egypt, Red Sea Mount Sinai,
Occupation & Period of the Judges 1235-1050 BC.	Joshua, Judges, Ruth	Joshua, Deborah Gideon, Samson,	Canaan, Jordan River, Bethlehem
United Monarchy 1050-922 BC.	1 Samuel, 2 Samuel 1 Kings 1-10 Psalms, Proverbs	Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon	Bethlehem, Jerusalem
Northern Kingdom of Israel 922-722 BC.	1 Kings 11 - 22 2 Kings 1-17 Amos, Hosea Jonah	Elijah, Elisha Amos, Hosea	Israel, Samaria (city), Assyria, Samaria (region)
Southern Kingdom of Judah 922-587 BC.	1 Kings 11 - 2 Kings 25 Isaiah 1-39, Psalms & Writings Jeremiah	Isaiah, Jeremiah	Judah Jerusalem, Assyria, Babylon, Babylonia
The Exile 587-539 BC.	Ezekiel, Isaiah 40-55	Ezekiel	Babylon, Babylonia
Persian Period 539-332 BC.	----	Ezra, Nehemiah	Jerusalem
Hellenistic Period 332-165 BC.	-----	----	-----
Maccabean Period 165-63 BC.	----	----	Jerusalem
Roman Period 63 BC onward Life of Jesus 5 BC. - AD 30	Matthew, Mark Luke, John	Jesus, Mary, Joseph Herod the Great Elizabeth, Zechariah John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Matthew, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Judas, Caiaphas Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate	Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee Galilee, Capernaum Samaria (region) Jerusalem
Early Christian Mission AD 30 - 100	Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Peter, Revelation	Stephen, Philip Peter, Paul,	Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria (region) Damascus, Rome

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