Chart for Avodah Zarah Daf 8-9
A TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY
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) | |
10 | 3414 | Ezra returns to, and re-sanctifies, the land |
6 (10) | |
11 | 3442 | Kingdom of Yavan takes control over Yisrael and Eilam | 28 (11) | 34 years after rebuilding of Beis ha'Mikdash |
12 | 3448 | Kingdom of Yavan dominates entire world |
6 (12) | |
13 | 3622 | Kingdom of Rome takes control, together with the Chashmona'im |
174 (13) | 180 years after Yavan dominates Yisrael |
14 | 3648 | Kingdom of Rome dominates over the Chashmona'im | 26 (14) | |
15 | 3828 | Destruction of the Second Beis ha'Mikdash |
180 (15) | 380 (400-20) years after Yavan's rule over entire world |
16 | 4000 | End of the "2000 years of Torah" |
172 (16) | 552 (600-48) years after Yavan's rule over entire world |
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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).
(10) Gemara in Kerisus (12b), as cited by Rashi here (9b, DH v'Siman). (According to Tosfos, this is true only according to the Rabanan who argue with Rebbi Yehudah. According to Rebbi Yehudah, though, the land was sanctified when the Beis ha'Mikdash was rebuilt, and we count the Shemitah years from the beginning of the building of the second Beis ha'Mikdash.)
(11) As related in the Beraisa (9a).
(12) These six years are not included in the count of years used for the writing of Shetaros, as Rashi explains (9a, DH Neshayalei, based on the Gemara, beginning of 10a).
(13) The Romans took control 180 years after Yavan took control over Yisrael, as the Beraisa (9a) relates.
(14) This is in accordance with the Gemara's proof from the discrepancy in the two Beraisos (one states that Rome ruled for 180 years and the other states that Rome ruled for 206 years). The kingdom of Hurdus ruled for 103 years in Eretz Yisrael under the dominion of Rome, and it ended with the Churban.)
(15) The Churban occurred 420 years after the Beis ha'Mikdash was rebuilt, as the Seder Olam mentions. According to Tosfos (9b, DH Hai), the second Beis ha'Mikdash was destroyed in the year 3829, or 421 years after it was built. See Insights.
(16) As related in the Beraisa (9a).