Jewish History

Highlights of the History of the Jewish People

Queen of Sheba Meets Solomon
Queen of Sheba Meets Solomon
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Stories of the history of ancient Israel, the Diaspora, the pograms and persecution of the centuries, the Holocaust, and the Jews of Modern Israel and around the world by some of the greatest writers.

Some of the years are approximate.

YearTitleAuthor(s)
c 2000 BCThe Earliest JewsLeopold von Ranke
953 BCSolomon Builds the Great TempleHenry Hart Milman
165-141 BCMaccabaeus Liberates JudeaJosephus
70 ADRomans Crush Jewish Revolt; Destroy Great TempleJosephus
132The Jews’ Final Revolt Against RomeCharles Merivale
1250England Expels the JewsHenry Hart Milman
1903A Russian Pogrom Against the JewsRichard Gottheil| |Vladamir Korolenko

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