Significant Events
- Translation of the Jewish scriptures into Koine Greek, known as the Septuagint
- Establishment of the synagogue
- Greek and Aramaic become the common languages of the Jewish people
- Hasmonean dynasty
- Dynasty of Herod the Great
- Province of Roman Judea created in 6 AD
- Production of copies of the Hebrew scripture and other related writings, known as Dead Sea Scrolls when unearthed in mid 20th century
- Production of the 14 books of the Biblical Apocrypha (ISBE, vol 1, p. 457)
- Production of the Pseudepigrapha (ISBE, vol 1, p. 457)
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