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  2. Chronology of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The period between Abraham's call to enter Canaan (AM 2021) and Jacob's entry into Biblical Egypt is 215 years, calculated from the ages of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the period in Egypt is stated in the Book of Exodus (12:40) as 430 years, although the Septuagint and the Samaritan Pentateuch texts both give only 430 years between Abraham and ...

  3. Woman of Shunem - Wikipedia

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    The woman of Shunem (or Shunammite woman) is a character in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 4:8 describes her as a "great woman" ( KJV ) in the town of Shunem . Her name is not recorded in the biblical text.

  4. Patriarchal age - Wikipedia

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    The Bible contains an intricate pattern of chronologies from the creation of Adam, the first man, to the reigns of the later kings of ancient Israel and Judah.Based on this chronology and the Rabbinic tradition, ancient Jewish sources such as Seder Olam Rabbah date the birth of Abraham to 1948 AM (c. 1813 BCE) [3] and place the death of Jacob in 2255 AM (c. 1506 BCE).

  5. Dating the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Period Books Pre-monarchic 13th century–745 BCE Late 13th century: Song of the Sea [9] 12th–10th: Psalm 29 [10] [11] Late 12th–late 11th: Song of Deborah [12] (alternative datings to the monarchic period [13] have been advanced) 12th–8th: Song of Moses [14] [15] (not including the editorializing layer of Deuteronomy 32:44–32:55) [15 ...

  6. Primeval history - Wikipedia

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    It seems possible that the period of the Flood is not meant to be included in the count [21] – for example, Shem, born 100 years before the Flood, had his first son two years after it, which should make him 102, but Genesis 11:10–11 specifies that he is only 100, suggesting that time has been suspended. [22]

  7. Jewish eschatology - Wikipedia

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    In the late Second Temple period, the Pharisees believed in resurrection, while Essenes and Sadducees did not. [7] During the Rabbinic period, beginning in the late first century and carrying on to the present, the works of Daniel were included into the Hebrew Bible, signaling the adoption of Jewish resurrection into the officially sacred texts.

  8. Intertestamental period - Wikipedia

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    The intertestamental period or deuterocanonical period (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) is the period of time between the events of the protocanonical books and the New Testament. It is considered to cover roughly 400 years, spanning from the ministry of Malachi (c. 420 BC) to the appearance of John the Baptist in the early 1st century AD .

  9. Story of Sinuhe - Wikipedia

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    As stated earlier, this is different from most autobiographies, most being written while they are alive, whereas with the Tale of Sinuhe, there is the implication of him passing on, perhaps most directly being stated within the Tale's final line: 'I was in the favours of the king's giving, until the day of landing came'(B 310 of Tale of Sinuhe ...