<page_title> Chronology of the Bible </page_title> <section_title> Masoretic Text </section_title> <table> <cell> AM 4000 (164 BCE) <col_header> Masoretic Date (AM) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Rededication of the Temple <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> The final period is the 374 years between the Edict of Cyrus (538 BCE) and the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees (164 BCE). <col_header> Note </col_header> </cell> </table>
Biblical texts embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point.