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  2. History of Israel - Wikipedia

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    The Stepped Stone Structure, City of David, Jerusalem. In the 10th century BCE, the Israelite kingdoms of Judah and Israel emerged. The Hebrew Bible states that these were preceded by a single kingdom ruled by Saul, David and Solomon, who is said to have built the First Temple.

  3. History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan 's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE. This history unfolds within the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.

  4. Timeline of Jewish history - Wikipedia

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    Province of Roman Judea created by merging Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea. 10 CE. Hillel the Elder, considered the greatest Torah sage, dies, leading to the dominance of Shammai till 30 CE, see also Hillel and Shammai. 26–36 CE. Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, Roman trial of Jesus, and the crucifixion of Jesus. 30 CE.

  5. Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Mary. Joseph [ d ] Jesus[ e ] (c.6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, [ f ]Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. [ 10 ] He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion.

  6. Sources for the historicity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The only two events subject to "almost universal assent" are that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and was crucified by the order of the Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Non-Christian sources that are used to study and establish the historicity of Jesus include Jewish sources such as Josephus, and Roman sources such ...

  7. Historicity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The historicity of Jesus is the question of whether Jesus historically existed (as opposed to being a purely mythological figure). The question of historicity was generally settled in scholarship in the early 20th century. [1][2][3][note 1] Today scholars agree that a Jewish man named Jesus of Nazareth did exist in the Herodian Kingdom of Judea ...

  8. Jerusalem in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    According to the New Testament, Jerusalem was the city to which Jesus was brought as a child, to be presented at the Temple (Luke 2:22) and to attend the festival of Passover (Luke 2:41). According to the gospels, Jesus Christ preached and healed in Jerusalem, especially in the courts of the Temple. The events of Pentecost in the Acts of the ...

  9. Historical Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus was a Jewish preacher who taught that he was the path to salvation, everlasting life, and the Kingdom of God. 22 A primary criterion used to discern historical details in the "third quest" is that of plausibility, relative to Jesus' Jewish context and to his influence on Christianity.