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Events relating to israel
Some 20 years after the death of Alexander the Great one of his generals, Ptolemy, extends his rule from Egypt to include Jerusalem
The Jewish community of Alexandria coins the word diaspora for Jews living far from Israel
Antiochus IV places a statue of Zeus above the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem, provoking violent reactions from the Jews
The Jewish leader Judas the Maccabee captures Jerusalem and cleanses the Temple
Simon the Maccabee is appointed high priest of the Temple in Jerusalem, with the position declared hereditary in his family
The priestly Sadducees are confronted in the Sanhedrin by a new opposition party - the Pharisees
The Essenes, a Jewish sect, withdraw from secular life to form monastic communities in the desert
Pompey captures Jerusalem, bringing Judaea under Roman control
Herod, appointed king of Judaea by the senate in Rome, establishes his rule over Palestine
Herod the Great, king of Judaea, begins to build a spectacular new Temple for the Jews on the sacred mount in Jerusalem
According to the Gospel account, Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem two years before the death of Herod the Great - making the date 6 BC
Herod, according to the Gospel account, orders all newly born infants in Bethlehem to be killed
Christians decide (though not until AD 525) that this is the year of Christ's birth, making it AD 1 in the Christian chronology
Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee, gathering disciples, preaching and healing
Jesus rides into Jerusalem with a crowd of followers, then attacks the traders in the courtyard of the Temple
Jesus, at the Last Supper, associates the bread and wine with his own body and blood, establishing the sacrament of the Eucharist
Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate who reluctantly sentences him to death for blasphemy
Jesus Christ is crucified, according to the accounts of his followers, outside the city wall of Jerusalem
Peter becomes the leader of the small community of Christians in Jerusalem
Stephen is stoned outside the city wall of Jerusalem - the first Christian martyr
Herod Agrippa, a grandson of Herod the Great, restores a brief calm to Palestine
The leaders of the Christian church gather in Jerusalem to decide an urgent question - must Gentile converts undergo circumcision?
The Zealots play a prominent part in the uprising which expels the Romans from Jerusalem
Josephus is in Jerusalem at the start of the rebellion against the Romans, and will later describe its suppression in his Jewish War
The Essenes hide their sacred scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea, to save them from the Romans
