Difference between revisions of "Intertestamental Period"
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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. (1 Maccabees 16:14), and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the [[Matthew|Gospel According to Matthew]]. | 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. (1 Maccabees 16:14), 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. | + | 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 (Biblical book)|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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Revision as of 22:11, October 11, 2015
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 Catholics and 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. (1 Maccabees 16:14), and the Birth of Jesus Christ at the beginning of the Gospel According to Matthew.
For Protestants 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.