Timeline: The Development of the Oral Law
|
Jewish |
CE |
Event
|
|
1948 |
1813 BCE |
Abraham born |
|
2368 |
1393 BCE |
Moses born |
|
2448 |
1313 BCE |
Exodus from Egypt, Revelation
at Mt. Sinai
|
|
2449 |
1312 BCE |
Moses brings down second
set of tablets |
|
2488 |
1272 BCE |
Death of Moses, Joshua
leads Jews into Israel |
|
2516 |
1244 BCE |
Death of
Yehoshua (Joshua) |
|
2883 |
877 BCE |
David anointed king over
Israel |
|
2935 |
825 BCE |
First
Temple completed
|
|
3338 |
492 BCE |
The First Temple is destroyed. It had stood for 410 years. |
|
3408 |
422 BCE |
Second Temple Period |
|
3828 |
68 CE |
Second Temple Destroyed by Titus. It had stood for
420 years. |
|
3840 |
80 CE |
Leadership of Rabbi Akiva (Akiba) begins |
|
3880 |
120 CE |
Rebellion of Bar Kochba |
|
3979 |
219 CE |
Mishna
compiled by R. Yehuda Hanasi
|
|
4118 |
358 CE |
Hillel II establishes a permanent Jewish calendar |
|
4128 |
368 CE |
Jerusalem
Talmud compiled
|
|
4186 |
426 CE |
Babylonian
Talmud compiled
|
|
4800 |
1040 CE |
Birth of Rashi, Biblical and Talmudic commentator, in France |
|
4891 |
1131 CE |
Birth of Rambam (Maimonides), in Spain |
|
5027 |
1267 CE |
Ramban (Nachmanides) settles in Israel |
|
5235 |
1475 CE |
Rashi commentary printed (beginning of Hebrew printing on printing
press) |
|
5252 |
1492 CE |
Expulsion of all Jews from Spain |
|
5324 |
1564 CE |
Publication of the Bet Yosef and the Shulchan Aruch
by Rav Yoseph Caro (in the city of Safed) |
|
5458 |
1698 CE |
R. Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Chassidut, is born in Ukraine |
|
5480 |
1720 CE |
R. Eliyahu of Vilna (Gaon), commentator on Shulchan Aruch and
opponent of Chassidut, is born in Lithuania |
|
5667 |
1907 CE |
Mishna Berura, a commentary on part of the Shulchan
Aruch, published |
|
5708 |
1948 CE |
State of Israel founded |