nValuable to know something of this period, due to big changes
between the OT and NT periods.
nOT ends ~400 BC, NT begins ~4 BC.
nGovernment is Persia at end of OT, Roman at beginning of
NT.
nLanguages in OT period are Hebrew, Aramaic; NT period adds
Greek, Latin.
nOT culture Semitic, NT culture Hellenistic.
nGeographic center: OT is Fertile Crescent, NT is Mediterranean