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Scholastic Diversity: Religious Literacy

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Judaism

Christianity

Historical Timeline

c. 1755–1750 BC

Hammurabi's Code is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, during the First Dynasty of Babylon according to the text.

c. 1500 BCE–500 BCE

The Vedas are written down.

720 BCE

Destruction of Northern Israel by the Neo-Assyrians. This marks the exile of those in Northern Israel.

614-612 BC

The Neo-babylonians invade Assyria and capture Assur and Nineveh.

586 BCE

Destruction of the First Temple in Israel by the Babylonians and Nebuchadnezzar. This marks the exile of those in Judah, and the beginning of the Diaspora, and significantly affects the development and Theology of Judaism.

c. 559-539 BCE

Cyrus becomes King of Persia and invades Babylonia. He declares a position of religious toleration, and allows all religious groups (including Jews) to rebuild their Temples. This is recorded in the Cyrus Cylinder and in the Biblical books Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.

c. 516 BCE

Approximate date of the construction of the Second Temple in Israel. This marks the beginning of the Second Temple Period within Judaism.

499–449 BCE

Grecco-Persian wars. Macedon, Thrace, and Ionia regain their independence from Persia.

c. 400 BCE–200 BCE

The Baghavad Gita is written down.

333–331 BCE

Alexander the Great conquers Babylonia. Judea falls under the rule of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.

167–160 BCE

The Maccabbean/Hasmonean revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Recorded in the books of Maccabees. The holiday of Hannukkah is said to originate from this time period.

141 BCE

The Maccabees attain independence from the Seleucid Empire, establishing the Hasmonean dynasty that will last until 37 BCE.

63 BCE

Pompey the Great conqueres Jerusalem and incorporates Judea as a client state of the Roman Republic. The Hasmonean Civil War starts.

48 BCE

Death of Pompey of Rome.

44 BCE

Death of Caesar of Rome. The Hasmonean kingdom in Judea gets a brief moment of autonomy until 37 BCE.

37 BCE

Herod the Great (the Herodian dynasty) defeats the last Hasmonean ruler. He becomes king of Judea, and Judea becomes a client state of the Roman Empire once again.

c. 6–4 BCE

Approximate date of the birth of Jesus.

6 CE

Rome incorporates Judea, Samaria, and Idumea (Edom) into the Provice of Judaea.

c. 50–51 CE

Approximate date of the Council of Jerusalem. According to the book of Acts, Peter and James led the council to discuss the place of Mosaic Law within Christian practice.

70 CE

Destruction of the Second Temple in Judaea.

312 CE

Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) of Rome converts to Christianity.

325 CE

The First Council of Nicaea, called by Emperor Constantine I with the goal of formulating a standardized Christian Theology.

380 CE

The Edict of Thessalonica is issued by Emperor Theodosius I, declaring Christianity as the official religion of Rome.

381 CE

The First Council of Constantinople, called by Emperor Theodosius I.

431 CE

The Council of Ephesus, called by Emperor Theodosius II.

451 CE

The Council of Chalcedon, called by Emperor Marcian.

c. 480 CE–500 CE

The Gupta-era Hindu temple at Bhitargaon is built.

553 CE

The Second Council of Constantinople, called by Emperor Justinian I.

c. 570 CE

Birth of the Prophet Muhammad in Mecca, under the Quraysh tribe.

680–681 CE

The Third Council of Constantinople, called by Emperor Constantine IV.

787 CE

The Second Council of Nicaea, called by Constantine VI and Empress Irene.

869 CE

The Fourth Council of Constantinople.

1096–1099 CE

The First Crusade, called by Urban II at the Council of Clermont (1095 CE).

1147–1149 CE

The Second Crusade, led by King Louis VII of France and Emperor Conrad III of Germany.

1189–1192 CE

The Third Crusade

1202–1204 CE

The Fourth Crusade, called by Pope Innocent III, led by Boniface of Montferrat.

1217–1221 CE

The Fifth Crusade, called by Pope Innocent III.

1228–1229 CE

The Sixth Crusade

1248–1254 CE

The Crusade of King Frederick II

1270 CE

The Crusade of King Louis IX

1271–1272 CE

Lord Edward's crusade

1517 CE

Martin Luther posts his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

1545 CE

The Council of Trent, under Popes Paul III and Julius III.

1819–1850 CE

Life of the Báb, considered the Herald of the Bahá’í Faith. He was executed by the Iranian authorities in 1850.

1863–1892 CE

Ministry of Bahá’u’lláh (lit. "Glory of God"), the Promised One foretold by the Báb, born in 1817 CE. In 1863 in Iraq, he claimed to be the prophet Báb spoke about. He delivered a new Revelation (the Bahá’í Faith) from God to humanity, and wrote many books and letters. He was imprisoned for 40 years in the Ottoman Empire.

1869–1870 CE

The First Vatican Council, under Pope Pius IX.

1875 CE

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is published by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science.

1879 CE

The Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) is founded in the US as a Christian denomination by Mary Baker Eddy.

1923 CE

I and Thou is published by Martin Buber on January 1st.

1950 CE

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is published by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, founder of Scientology.

1954 CE

The Church of Scientology is founded in the US by L. Ron Hubbard.

1954 CE

Witchcraft Today is published by Gerald Brosseau Gardner, who founded Gardnerian Wicca. According to Gardner, his system was influenced by the witches near England's New Forest, which he discovered in 1939 CE.

1954–1960 CE

Alexander Sanders founds Alexandrian Wicca in England. Victor Anderson and Cora Anderson found the Feri tradition in California.

1962–1965 CE

The Second Vatican Council, under Pope John XXIII.

1971 CE

Zsuzsanna Budapest, influenced by Second-Wave Feminism, founds Dianic Wicca.

1977 CE

Eddie Buczynski, influenced by the Gay Rights Movement, founds the Minoan Brotherhood.

1979 CE

The Spiral Dance is published by Starhawk, who helped establish the Reclaiming tradition (neopagan witchcraft) in San Francisco.