Alexander’s conquests bring Greek rule
Between the Testaments · Draft · BSB
Content revision: 11173a5e27f0f25b · No editorial review date recorded
Date: c. 332 BC · Judea under Alexander
Alexander’s conquest ends Persian rule in Judea. His much wider campaigns link the eastern Mediterranean to territories farther east, creating the setting for the Hellenistic kingdoms that follow his death.
This bridge begins with selected events under Greek rule, not immediately after every event in Nehemiah. A change of ruler does not mean that the whole Jewish population moves. The map focuses on Judea rather than drawing an unsupported campaign itinerary.
Historical sources and canon context
Historical background. The sources below open externally; they are separate from the app’s bundled Bible text. Related Bible passages provide comparison or later context.
Places Alexander’s conquest of Judea in 332 BC.
Metropolitan Museum: the Hellenistic age
Museum overview of Alexander’s conquests and the successor kingdoms.
Primary Scripture
No primary biblical passage is assigned to this historical-background event. Consult its external sources.
Related Scripture
These Bible readings are connected by theme or later setting; they are not direct accounts of this historical stop.
Daniel’s vision names Media-Persia and Greece. This comparison does not settle the book’s date or every proposed fulfillment.
Location evidence
Judea is an approximate teaching region. The marker is not Alexander’s camp, a battle site or an assertion that he personally visited every place in it.
Event map marker: Approximate region; [longitude, latitude] = [35.05, 31.65]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Judea: Approximate region. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.05, 31.65]. Classification source: editorial.
Illustrative regional extent: [[34.65,31.25],[35.5,32]]; not a measured confidence interval.
IAA: historical timeline; extent is an editorial illustration
IAA: historical timeline; extent is an editorial illustration
For the class
What can change for a community when its imperial ruler changes, even if families remain in their homes?
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
Record source: editorial (content/authored/between-testaments.json)
Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.
Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.
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