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Intertestamental Period (view source)
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The '''intertestamental period''' #inter ''between'' + testament# is a term usually applied to the period in history between the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.
For [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] and [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] this is the historical period between the accession of [[John Hyrcanus]] to the Jewish high priesthood at the end of the First Book of Maccabees "''in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat''" 134 B.C., and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the [[Matthew|Gospel According to Matthew]].
For [[Protestant]]s the intertestamental period is that period of history of approximately 450 years between the Book of [[Malachi]] at the time of [[Ezra]] and [[Nehemiah]] during the reign of [[Artaxerxes II]] c. 404 B.C. and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of Matthew.
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For [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] and [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] this is the historical period between the accession of [[John Hyrcanus]] to the Jewish high priesthood at the end of the First Book of Maccabees "''in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat''" 134 B.C., and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the [[Matthew|Gospel According to Matthew]].
For [[Protestant]]s the intertestamental period is that period of history of approximately 450 years between the Book of [[Malachi]] at the time of [[Ezra]] and [[Nehemiah]] during the reign of [[Artaxerxes II]] c. 404 B.C. and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of Matthew.
[[category:Bible]]
[[category:History]]