Intertestamental Period in the Bible?

Traditionally, it is considered to cover roughly four hundred years, spanning the ministry of Malachi (c. 420 BC) to the appearance of John the Baptist in the early 1st century AD. It is roughly contiguous with the Second Temple period (516 BC-70 AD) and encompasses the age of Hellenistic Judaism.

What is the meaning of Intertestamental?

: of, relating to, or forming the period of two centuries between the composition of the last book of the Old Testament and the first book of the New Testament.

Who ruled in the intertestamental period?

Herod the Great died shortly after the birth of Jesus, and the Romans divided the kingdom among Herod's three sons. Philip ruled north and east of Galilee; Herod Antipas ruled Galilee and Perea; and Archelaus ruled Judea, Samaria, and Idumea.

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