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The '''intertestamental period''' (inter ''between'' + testamental ''pertaining to testament'') is a term usually applied to the period in history between the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.  

The '''intertestamental period''' (inter ''between'' + testamental ''pertaining to testament'') is a term usually applied in [[Hermeneutics|Bible studies]] 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 of approximately 130 years between the accession of [[John Hyrcanus]] to the Jewish [[high priest (Jewish)|high priesthood]] at the end of the First Book of [[Maccabee]]s "''in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat''" 134 B.C. (1 Maccabees 16:14), and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the [[Gospel of Matthew|Gospel According to Matthew]].  

For [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] and [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] this is the historical period of approximately 130 years between the accession of [[John Hyrcanus]] to the Jewish [[high priest (Jewish)|high priesthood]] at the end of the First Book of [[Maccabee]]s "''in the one hundred and seventy-seventh year, in the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat''" 134 B.C. (1 Maccabees 16:14), and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the [[Gospel of Matthew|Gospel According to Matthew]].