Los 400 años de silencio: El período en que Israel estuvo sin profetas

Between Malachi and Matthew lies a period often called "the four hundred years of silence." The Protestant Bible concludes the Old Testament with the prophetic voice of Malachi and picks up the narrative again only in Matthew, with the birth of Jesus. Yet history did not stand still. During this interval, Alexander the Great spread the Greek language throughout the world. The Septuagint was translated in Alexandria. Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem. The Maccabees rose in resistance. The Hasmonean dynasty emerged. Herod rose to power. The Qumran manuscripts preserved copies of the Book of Daniel, and the festival of Hanukkah—mentioned in John chapter 10—originated during this very period. This documentary examines this silence not as an absence of God, but as a historical preparation for the coming of the Messiah.