The Course of Tradition

2448 – Moses receives the Torah on Mount Sinai

2488 – Joshua – Elazar

2516 – Phinehas – Elders and Judges:

               Othniel till 2566

               Ehud till 2636

               Shamgar till 2636

               Barak & Deborah till 2676

               Gideon & son till 2719

               Tola till 2742

               Jair till 2764

               Jephthah till 2787

               Ivtzan (Boaz) till 2793

               Elon till 2803

               Abdon till 2811

               Samson till 2830

2830 – Eli and his court

2870 – Samuel and his court

2884 – David and his court

2924 – Ahijah of Shiloh and his court

2962 – Elijah the Prophet

3047 – Elisha

3055 – Jehoiada the Priest

3070 – Zechariah the priest

3090 – Hosea

3110 – Amos

3140 – Isaiah

3160 – Micah

3190 – Joel

3240 – Nahum

3254 – Habakkuk

3280 – Zephaniah

3316 – Jeremiah

3350 - Baruch son of Neriah

3370 – Ezra and his court (the Men of the Great Assembly -- including Daniel, Mordechai, Nehemiah, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah)

3400 – Simon the Just

3460 – Antignos of Soho

3500 – Jose son of Yoezer and Jose son of Yochanan

3560 – Joshua son of Perachiah and Nitai the Arbelite

3621 – Judah son of Tabbai and Simon son of Shetach

3722 – Shemaya and Avtalyon

3728 – Hillel and Shammai

3768 – Rabban Siimon son of Hillel and Rabbi Yochanan son of Zakkai

3800 – Rabban Gamliel son of Simon and disciples of Rabbi Yochanan son of Zakkai

3810 – Rabban Simon son of Gamliel and Rabbi Akiba

3828 – Rabban Gamliel and disciples of Rabbi Akiba

3881 – Rabban Simon son of Gamliel

3910 – Rabbi Judah the Prince – Redactor of the Mishnah

3979 – His sons, Rabbi Simon and R. Gamliel, R. Chiyah, Rav, Samuel and Yochanan

4010 – R. Huna, R. Judah, R. Nachman, R. Kahana

4060 – Rabba and R. Joseph

4085 – Abaye and Rava

4127 – Rav Ashi and Ravina

4260 – Completion of the Talmud through R. Ashi, Ravina and their disciples