Between the Testaments (Jenkins)

Linking Old and New

Many good Bible students recognize that their knowledge of what happened between the close of the book of Malachi in the Old Testament and the work of John the Baptist and the birth and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament is deficient.

The purpose of this brief historical study is to fill in some of those gaps in knowledge. Ferrell Jenkins has taught this material in several churches and the book, in the previous editions, has been taught by others. The updated book is sent forth with the hope that it will enhance your knowledge of the period under consideration and make your Bible study more understandable and rewarding.

An outline study.

Contents:

• Why Study Between the Testaments
• I. Survey of Latter Old Testament History Related to World Empires
  • Babylonian Period
  • Persian Period
• II. The Rise of the Greek Empire and Spread of Greek Culture
• III. The Division of Alexander’s Empire
• IV. The Diaspora
• V. The Jews Under the Ptolemies
• VI. The Jews Under the Seleucids
• VII. The Maccabean Revolt
• VIII. The Hasmonean Dynasty
• IX. The Romans in Palestine
• X. The Herods
• XI. The Synagogue
• XII. The Samaritans
• XIII. The Jewish Sects and Other Important Groups
  • Pharisees
  • Sadducees
  • Zealots
  • Herodians
  • Essenes
  • Scribes
  • Sanhedrin
  • Tax Collectors (Publicans)
• XIV. Literature of the Intertestamental Period
  
  • Septuagint
  • Apocrypha
  • Pseudepigrapha
  • Dead Sea Literature
  • Alexandrian Allegorism
    
• Select Bibliography