Dispensation of Law

1. Giving of Law and Wandering in the Wilderness under Moses

2. Conquest of Canaan and division by tribes under Joshua

3. Time of Judges

4. Uniting of tribes under the prophet Samuel

5. United Kingdom under the Kings (Saul, David, Solomon)

6. Divided Kingdom (10 Northern tribes of Israel, 2 Southern tribes of Judah)

7. Exilic Years (Babylonian and Persian)

8. Restoration Years (Rebuilding of Jerusalem)

9. Inter-Biblical Years (Persian Rule)

10. Inter-Biblical Years (Greek Rule beginning with Alexander the Great)

11. Inter-Biblical Years (Maccabean Revolt and Jewish Independence)

12. Inter-Biblical Years (Roman Rule)

13. New Testament Begins