Introduction to the problem of writing ancient Jewish history and the difference between historical and ancient biblical evidence. The Canaanite period until the destruction of the Temple and the end of political power (586 BC). Ancient religious influences on Judaism (Babylon, Egyptian, and Canaanite). The Persian period (586-332 BC); Greek and Hellenistic period (332-64 BC); The Hasmoneans (167-37 BC); Roman period (63 BC - 324 AD); Byzantine period (324-638 AD); Arab-Islamic period (638-20th c.); Jewish Enlightenment (17-18th c.); Hassidic movement (18th century); Reformist movement (19th century); "New Orthodoxy" (19th c.); Zionism and the Bundism (late 19th c.); Modern religious Zionism, Orthodox and Reformists Judaism, and non-Zionist religious groups.
