Jewish
calendar
year | | BCE | |
| 0 | | 3760 | --------> | Creation of world |
| 1948 | | 1812 | --------> | Birth of Avraham Avinu (Abraham) |
| 2238 | | 1522 | --------> | Sons of Yaakov Avinu (Jacob) descend to Egypt |
| 2448 | | 1312 | --------> | Exodus from Egypt |
| 2488 | | 1287 | --------> | Joshua leads Jewish Nation into the Land of Israel |
| 2503 | | 1272 | --------> | Construction of Tabernacle at Shilo |
| 2854 | | 906 | --------> | Birth of King David |
| 2870 | | 890 | --------> | Death of Eli Hakohen (dest. of Shilo) |
| 2882 | | 878 | --------> | Shaul becomes king (dest. of Nov) |
| 2928 | | 832 | --------> | Building of 1st Temple |
| 3338 | | 422 | --------> | Destruction of 1st Temple |
| 3408 | | 352 | --------> | Building of 2nd Temple |
| |
| 3828 | | 68 C.E. | --------> | Destruction of 2nd Temple |
Rabbi Boruch Clinton teaches at the Ottawa Torah Institute yeshiva high
school and Machon Sarah high school for girls (both in Ottawa, Canada).
You may reach him with comments and questions at
bclinton@torah.org.
You can now read some of Rabbi Clinton's essays on Torah life at
http://www.ncf.ca/~es625/essays
You can also buy his collection of essays on
the Book of Shmuel (Samuel) in printed form at
www.lulu.com/marbitzmedia
Copyright © 2000 by Rabbi
Boruch
Clinton and Project Genesis, Inc.
