Major Periods within Second Temple Judaism

Second Temple Judaism developed as political authority changed hands from the Persians to the Greeks, to the Jewish Hasmoneans, and finally to the Romans.

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539–331 B.C. 331–164 B.C. 164–63 B.C. 63 B.C.A.D. 70
The Persian Period The Hellenistic Period
  • Ptolemaic (Egyptian) Period (320–198)
  • Seleucid (Syrian) Period (198–164)
The Hasmonean (Maccabean) Period The Roman Period