Adam to the
Biblical Patriarchs
3969 - 3039
Adam
3282 - 2313
Methuselah
2913 - 1963
Noah
2411 - 1811
Shem
Biblical Patriarchs
to Joseph
1960 - 1785
Abraham
1860 - 1680
Isaac
1800 - 1653
Jacob
Joseph
Moses to the
Great Assembly
1525 - 1405
Moses
1405 - 515
Aaronic Priesthood
Ezra and the Great Assembly
What is the Great Assembly?
The Great Assembly (Great Synagogue) is a collection of 120 priests and Levites begun by Ezra the prophet. The assembly aided Ezra in collecting, reviewing, editing and ultimately canonizing the Old Testament text we are familiar with today. After the prophet's death, the assembly remained the highest Jewish religious authority in Judea for more than 100 years.
Preservation in the
New Testament period
189 B.C. - 26 A.D.
Simon the Just to Jesus Christ
20 B.C. - 20 A.D.
Hillel I
20 - 70 A.D.
Rabban Gamaliel I
Rabbi Johanan b. Zakkai
The Tannaim
to the completion of the Mishnah)
50 - 140 A.D.
Jabneh Academy
70 - 80
Rabbi Johanan b. Zakkai
80 - 115
Rabban Gamaliel II
115 - 135
Simeon b. Gamaliel II
140 - 170
Usha Academy
Simeon b. Gamaliel II
170 - 220
Beit She'Arim Academy
Rabbi Simeon Judah Ha-Nasi
Sepphoris Academy
Rabbi Hanina b. Hama
The Amoraim
250 - 375
Tiberian Academy
780 - 930
Tiberian Academy
930 - 1488
Sephardi to Soncino
Old Testament
Preservation by Printing
1488
Soncino Old Testament
(based on German manuscripts)
1494 - 1495
Brescia Old Testament
(based on German manuscripts)
1516 - 1517
1st Pratensis Rabbinic Bible
1524 - 1525
2nd Chayyim Rabbinic Bible (Basel)
1546 - 1548
Venice printing #2
1568
Venice printing #3
1616 - 1619
Basel printing #1
1618 - 1619
Basel printing #2
Johan Buxtorf the Elder
1699
Jablonski Hebraica
1720
Johann Heinrich Michaelis Hebraica
(based on Jablonski and Erfurt manuscripts)
1724 - 1725
Amsterdam printing
1839
Biblia Hebraica
1860 - 1866
Warsaw printing
1869
S. Baer, Eclectic "Masoretic"
(Basis of the Jewish Publication Society
of America Version (JPSA))
1905 - 1906
Biblia Hebraica 1
Rudolph Kittel
1908
Christian D. Ginsburg
British and Foreign Bible Society
1912
Biblia Hebraica 2
Rudolph Kitte
1926
Christian D. Ginsburg
1937
Biblia Hebraica 3
P. Kahle
1958
Norman H. Snaith
1966
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
(based on the Aleppo
Codex from 900 - 950 A.D.)
1967
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
(P. Kahle, based on Codex
Leningradensis, 1008 A.D.)
1976
Jay P. Green, The Interlinear Bible,
3 Volumes (based on 1866 British and
Foreign Bible Society)