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Feb 8, 2023 · During the silence, two factions began to arise: the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees arose in a politically tense environment. Pharisees means separatist, and some scholars think this referred to separation from the Greek influence that was attempting to infiltrate Israel.
May 11, 2022 · Between the Old Testament's last words and the New Testament's first words, there are 400 years of silence where God didn't say anything to Israel.
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Jul 26, 2016 · Let’s take a look at Israel’s colorful history during the Biblical years of silence. The Achaemenid Period (450-330 BC) Most do not realize that those years of silence were anything but silent. The modern Bible’s Old Testament ended with the prophecies of Malachi, which were written between 430 to 420 BC.
Aug 26, 2022 · What do we make of the years of “silence” while the Hebrew people were in Egyptian bondage before God heard their cries and responded with rescue? Furthermore, what do we do with the almost 2,000 years of “silence” that we have experienced since the close of the New Testament?
In biblical history, the approximately 400 years that separate the time of Nehemiah from the birth of Christ are known as the intertestamental period (c. 433 – 5 BC). Sometimes called the “silent” years because of the absence of prophetic revelation, they were anything but silent in terms of historical significance and cultural change.
The Biblical historians and biographers were more concerned with the moral and theological implications of events than in the mere recital of facts. Archeological excavations in the Near E have illuminated and supplemented Biblical history, which is largely Israelite history.
To understand the Intertestamental Period, it’s important to look at Israel’s postexilic history and see what happened to God’s Chosen People before the silence fell.
