These slides describe the period between the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, based on Chapter 1 of my book The Bridge to the New Testament: A Comprehensive Guide to the Forgotten Years of the Inter-Testament Period as well as a YouTube class I taught from January though October of 2025. They complement the first three lessons of that series. Enter the information on the right and get them for free!
Or, BETTER YET, get Chapter 1 charts now to jump-start your studies, and then sign up for my FREE online Zoom class "Revealing the New Testament through the History, Politics, and Customs of the Inter-Testament Period" and receive ALL the charts (18 packages comprising over 1000 slides) for free after your attendance. Go here to see details on how to sign up.
This free online class will cover:
- A study of ancient calendars and time
- Archaeology and geography of the times
- An overview of Old Testament history
- The Greek Empire (starring Alexander the Great)
- The Ptolemaic Empire (starring Cleopatra)
- The Seleucid Empire (starring Antiochus IV Epiphanes)
- The Maccabean dynasty (starring Judas Maccabeus)
- The Hasmonean dynasty
- The Herodian dynasty (starring Herod the Great, formerly known as Herod the So-So)
- The prefects, procurators, legates, and governors of Rome over Judaea (starring Pontius Pilate)
- The Roman conquest of Jerusalem (starring Vespasian and Titus)
- Roman history and government (starring Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, and a bunch of others)
- Jewish politics (starring the Pharisees, Sadducees, and others)
- Jewish festivals and holidays (including all the feasts of the Bible)
- The three Jewish Temples and three Temple Mounts
- How to visit Jerusalem today and see what Jesus saw
- The writings of the period (starring the Apocrypha)
- Money of the period (really, a widow's mite?)
- Life in ancient times
- Bonus: The last week of Jesus (was He crucified on Thursday?)