Outline of Jewish history

For historical and contemporary Jewish populations by country, see Jews by country.

By period

Ancient period

• Ancient Israel and Judah
  • Israelites
  • Kingdom of Judah
  • Kingdom of Israel
• Hebrew Bible
• Biblical archeology
  • Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions
  • Ancient Hebrew texts
• Assyrian captivity
  • Ten Lost Tribes
• Judah's revolts against Babylon
  • Siege of Jerusalem (587 BCE)
• Babylonian captivity

Second Temple period

• Second Temple period
• Yehud (Persian province)
• Maccabean revolt
• Hasmonean dynasty
• Herodian dynasty
• Roman Judaea
• Jewish-Roman Wars
  • First Jewish-Roman War
    • The Jewish War
    • Jerusalem riots of 66
    • Alexandria riot (66)
    • Siege of Yodfat
    • Battle of Beth Horon (66)
    • Siege of Gush Halav
    • Zealot Temple Siege
    • Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
    • Siege of Masada
  • Kitos War
  • Bar Kokhba revolt
• Second Temple Judaism
  • Pharisees
  • Sadducees
  • Essenes
  • Zealots
  • Jewish Christians
• Archaeology
  • Dead Sea Scrolls

Late antiquity

• History of the Jews in the Roman Empire
• Talmudic academies in Babylonia
• Jewish revolt against Heraclius

Medieval period

• History of European Jews in the Middle Ages
• Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
• Medieval antisemitism
• Persecution of Jews during the Black Death
• Edict of Expulsion
• Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
• History of the Jews and the Crusades
• Islam and Judaism
• History of the Jews under Muslim rule
• Cairo Geniza

Modern period

• Zionism
• History of Zionism
• History of the Jews during World War II
• The Holocaust
• History of Israel
  • History of Israel (1948–present)

By country or region

• History of the Jews in Africa
• History of the Jews in Afghanistan
• History of the Jews in Austria
  • History of the Jews in Innsbruck
• History of the Jews in Belarus
• History of the Jews in Central Asia
• History of the Jews in China
  • Kaifeng Jews
• History of the Jews in the Czech Republic
• History of the Jews in Egypt
• History of the Jews in Ethiopia
  • Beta Israel
• History of the Jews in Europe
  • Antisemitism in Europe
• History of the Jews in France
  • Antisemitism in France
• History of the Jews in Germany
  • Antisemitism in 21st-century Germany
• History of the Jews in Hungary
• History of the Jews in India
  • Baghdadi Jews
  • Bene Ephraim
  • Bene Israel
  • Bnei Menashe
  • Cochin Jews
  • History of the Jews in Kolkata
  • Jewish Community of Mumbai
  • Paradesi Jews
  • Sephardic Jews in India
• History of the Jews in Iran
  • Persian Jews
• History of the Jews in Iraq
• History of the Jews in the Land of Israel
• History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean
• History of the Jews under Muslim rule
  • Antisemitism in the Arab world
  • Antisemitism in Islam
  • Islamic–Jewish relations
  • Relations between Nazi Germany and the Arab world
• History of the Jews in Poland
• History of the Jews in Romania
• History of the Jews in Russia
  • Antisemitism in Russia
  • History of the Jews in the Soviet Union
  • Antisemitism in the Soviet Union
• History of the Jews in Serbia
• History of the Jews in Ukraine
  • Antisemitism in Ukraine
• History of the Jews in the United Kingdom
  • Antisemitism in the United Kingdom
    • History of the Jews in England
    • History of the Jews in Scotland
    • Resettlement of the Jews in England
• History of the Jews in the United States
  • American Jews
  • Antisemitism in the United States
  • Antisemitism in the United States in the 21st century
  • History of antisemitism in the United States
  • History of the Jews in Baltimore
  • History of the Jews in Chicago
  • History of the Jews in Colonial America
  • History of the Jews in Los Angeles
  • History of the Jews in New York
  • History of the Jews in Philadelphia
  • History of the Jews in San Francisco
  • History of the Jews in South Florida
  • History of the Jews in Washington, D.C.

Timelines

• Kings of Israel and Judah
• Timeline of Jewish history
• Timeline of anti-Zionism
• Timeline of antisemitism
• Timeline of antisemitism in the 19th century
• Timeline of antisemitism in the 20th century
• Timeline of antisemitism in the 21st century
• Timeline of the Holocaust
• Timeline of the Palestine region
• Timeline of Zionism

Languages

• Hebrew
  • Biblical Hebrew
  • Mishnaic Hebrew
  • Modern Hebrew
• Aramaic
  • Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
  • Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Barzani
  • Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Betanure
  • Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho
  • Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
  • Trans-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic
  • Inter-Zab Jewish Neo-Aramaic
• Judaeo-Spanish
• Judeo-Persian
• Arabic
  • Judeo-Iraqi Arabic
  • Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
  • Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic
  • Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
  • Judeo-Yemeni Arabic
• Yevanic
• Yiddish

See also

• Index of Jewish history–related articles
• Jewish ethnic divisions
• Outline of Judaism
• Timeline of Jewish history
• Traditional Jewish chronology

Notes

Further reading

• Allegro, John. The chosen people: A study of Jewish history from the time of the exile until the revolt of Bar Kocheba (Andrews UK, 2015).
• Alpher, Joseph. Encyclopedia of Jewish history: events and eras of the Jewish people (1986) online free to borrow

External links

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