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<h2 id="significant-events">Significant events</h2> <ul><li>Beginnings of the <a href="/facts/Jewish_diaspora/E2Tc3qxx">Jewish diaspora</a> and <a href="/facts/Hellenistic_Judaism/gFps7NaP">Hellenistic Judaism</a></li> <li>Establishment of the first <a href="/facts/Synagogue/yt6f6nJa">synagogues</a></li> <li>Change in common language from <a href="/facts/Biblical_Hebrew/yCJ3bh30">Biblical Hebrew</a> to <a href="/facts/Aramaic/FpvKez1w">Aramaic</a> and <a href="/facts/Koine_Greek/StKuT1sY">Hellenistic Greek</a></li> <li>The events of the <a href="/facts/Maccabean_Revolt/gTPVWy1L">Maccabean Revolt</a>, as documented in the <a href="/facts/Books_of_the_Maccabees/WED9AhRp">Books of the Maccabees</a></li> <li>Reign of the <a href="/facts/Hasmonean_dynasty/7Yalw0GN">Hasmonean</a> and <a href="/facts/Herodian_dynasty/aNaWtL5r">Herodian</a> dynasties, followed by <a href="/facts/Judaea_(Roman_province)/QPVlNrrv">Roman rule</a></li> <li>Production of the Greek <a href="/facts/Septuagint/jGpbyr2n">Septuagint</a>, the first translation of the Hebrew scriptures into another language<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>Writing of the <a href="/facts/Dead_Sea_Scrolls/vlbHRrJm">Dead Sea Scrolls</a>, the rediscovery of which became central to modern and contemporary <a href="/facts/Biblical_criticism/oXK5lUYw">Biblical criticism</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Writing of the <a href="/facts/Deuterocanonical_books/ogFvmWvx">deuterocanonical books</a> (<a href="/facts/Biblical_apocrypha/jN7uJrm5">biblical apocrypha</a>) and <a href="/facts/Pseudepigrapha/nwn5Ys67">pseudepigrapha</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Babylonian_captivity/skWuJsdJ">Babylonian captivity</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dating_the_Bible/pMUfqxtS">Dating the Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Development_of_the_Hebrew_Bible_canon/dC1E60lQ">Development of the Hebrew Bible canon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon/tTcru57p">Development of the New Testament canon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Development_of_the_Old_Testament_canon/VCpo912m">Development of the Old Testament canon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah/qVoA0uua">History of ancient Israel and Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kings_of_Judah/V2EQ3lDc">Kings of Judah</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Missing_years_(Jewish_calendar)/fVq8J0Tb">Missing years (Jewish calendar)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Samaritan_Pentateuch/u6vHCo3u">Samaritan Pentateuch</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol 1, Page 457 "Literary Activity"</li> <li>Pfeiffer, Charles F. <i>Between the Testaments</i>. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1959. 132 p.</li> <li>Carroll, Benajah Harvey. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150807064757/http://gbcwoodstock.com/eBooks/pdf/Carroll-Between.pdf"><i>Between the Testaments (PDF)</i></a> (PDF). Woodstock, VA: Grace Baptist Church. p. 9. Archived from <a href="http://gbcwoodstock.com/eBooks/pdf/Carroll-Between.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on August 7, 2015.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Lambert, Lance. "400 Silent Years: Anything but Silent". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-21. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135532/http://www.whyisrael.org/2010/12/09/400-silent-years-anything-but-silent-part-1/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135532/http://www.whyisrael.org/2010/12/09/400-silent-years-anything-but-silent-part-1/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Brown, S. Kent; Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel (December 2014). "The Lost 500 Years: From Malachi to John the Baptist". Ensign: 56–60. <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/12/the-lost-500-years-from-malachi-to-john-the-baptist?lang=eng" target="_blank">https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/12/the-lost-500-years-from-malachi-to-john-the-baptist?lang=eng</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Brown, S. Kent; Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel (December 2014). "The Lost 500 Years: From Malachi to John the Baptist". Ensign: 56–60. <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/12/the-lost-500-years-from-malachi-to-john-the-baptist?lang=eng" target="_blank">https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2014/12/the-lost-500-years-from-malachi-to-john-the-baptist?lang=eng</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>