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# Between the Testaments: 400 Years of Silence
- URL: https://www.pshir.com/between-the-testaments/
- Published: 2024-12-18T15:00:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-18T13:09:38.000Z
- Author: Pinchas Shir
- Tags: Video, >Seminars

This is a lecture I gave to the freshmen class on the "Intertestamental Period" and 400 years of silence between the "Old Testament" and "New Testament." Since we are talking about the "testaments," I do a quick overview of biblical books, history related to them, what's in them, and how they are typically grouped. Then a discussion about all those other books that fall between the testaments begins... Curious?

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#### ****Second Temple Era Jewish Literature**

This collection assembles English translations of Jewish writings from the Second Temple Era and other related Jewish spiritual texts from antiquity.

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