Bible history
Great Periods of Bible History
Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 29
Begins on Vol. I, p. 29
Bible history has been divided into ten periods, as follows:
| Period | Description | Years |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Antediluvian Period: from the Creation to the Flood | 1657 |
| II. | Period of the Dispersion: from the Flood to the Promise | 435 |
| III. | Period of the Patriarchs: from the Promise to the Exode | 420 |
| IV. | Period of the Wandering: from the Exode to the Passage over Jordan | 40 |
| V. | Period of the Theocracy: from Joshua to Samuel | 335 |
| VI. | Intermediate Period: from Samuel to David as King | 68 |
| VII. | Period of the Monarchy: from David to the Babylonish Captivity | 442 |
| VIII. | Period of the Captivity and of the Restoration: from the Conquest of Judea to the Conclusion of the Canon of the Old Testament | 206 |
| IX. | Period of Jewish History: from the Conclusion of the Canon of the Old Testament to the Christian Era | 400 |
| X. | First Period of the Christian Church, to the End of the Sacred Canon | 100 |