Conflict Updates Give to JUC Current Students Consortium
Jerusalem University College
About Us Academic Programs Tuition & Aid Student Life Contact Us Apply
Jerusalem University College
  • About Us
  • Academic Programs
  • Tuition & Aid
  • Student Life
  • Contact Us
  • Apply
  • Search
  • Give to JUC
  • Current Students
  • Consortium

Course Descriptions

Semester Course Schedule Long-Term Program Dates Short-Term Program Dates Entrance Requirements Course Descriptions

HIST 5/331 History of the Second Temple Period - Credit Hours: 3

Semester normally offered: Spring

Course Description

An overview of the history of ancient Israel during the formative period of both Judaism and Christianity. It also provides a background to the Apocrypha and the New Testament. The course will use a combination of biblical, archaeological and historical data, emphasizing the distinct methodologies used in the study of each.

Course Equivalencies

  • History
  • Bible
  • Early Judaism

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, the student should be familiar with:

  • sources used in the reconstruction of the history of Israel during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods;
  • the history of the Middle East in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods;
  • the composition of the social and religious life of Israel during the Second Temple Period;
  • the basic outline of the history of the Land of Israel during the Second Temple Period;
  • influences of Greek culture on the development of Judaism; and
  • the historical background of the birth of Christianity.

Field Study

Four days of interactive field studies including a day to the Shephelah focusing on Hellenistic and Maccabean time periods, a day to the Judean Wilderness focusing on the Herodian Period, a two-day field trip to the Galilee focusing on the time of Jesus and the Second Jewish Revolt.

J.R. Briggs

Donate

Marsha Wright

Donate

Dongwook Joo

Donate

Greg Olson

Donate

Jerusalem Campus

3 Aravnah HaYevosi
9101202

P.O. Box 1276, Mt. Zion
9101202 Jerusalem, Israel

02-671-8628 (inside Israel)
+972-2-671-8628 (outside Israel)

Jerusalem University College

USA Mailing Address

P.O. Box 32041
Minneapolis, MN 55432

1-800-891-9408 (toll free)
1-937-933-9099

admissions@juc.edu

2025 JUC   

Your browser is out-of-date!

Update your browser to view this website correctly.

Update my browser now

×