Chart for Avodah Zarah Daf 8b-9b
Chart for Avodah Zarah Daf 8a-b
A TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY (PART I)
| THE YEAR | THE EVENT | YEARS PASSED FROM PREVIOUS EVENT |
NOTES | |
| 1 | 0 | Creation | (1) | |
| 2 | 1056 | Birth of Noach | 1056 (2) | |
| 3 | 1948 | Birth of Avraham | 892 (3) | |
| 4 | 2000 | Avraham fulfills "ha'Nefesh Asher Asu" |
52 (4) | |
| 5 | 2048 | Birth of Yitzchak | 48(5) | 100 years from birth of Avraham |
| 6 | 2448 | Yetzi'as Mitzrayim, Giving of the Torah |
400 (6) | |
| 7 | 2928 | Building of the First Beis ha'Mikdash |
480 (7) | |
| 8 | 3338 | Destruction of the First Beis ha'Mikdash |
410 (8) | |
| 9 | 3408 | Building of the Second Beis ha'Mikdash |
70 (9) |
(see Part II)
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) This is according to the count of our Gemara. However, according to the count that we follow, the Rosh Hashanah of Creation is counted not as year 0, but as year 1, because we add a "Shenas Tohu," a "year of nothingness" to the calculation of the years. See Insights.
(2) This is consistent with the list of the years of the generations enumerated in Parshas Bereishis (Rashi 9a, DH Hachi Garsinan).
(3) This is consistent with the list of the years of the generations enumerated in Parshas Noach (Rashi ibid.).
(4) This is the tradition that the Chachamim received (Gemara here). (5) As recorded in the verse (Bereishis 21:5).
(6) As recorded in the verse (Bereishis 15:13).
(7) As recorded in the verse (Melachim I 6:1).
(8) As recorded in Seder Olam.
(9) As recorded in the verse (Yirmeyahu 29:10).