Title: Israel & the nations : the history of Israel from the Exodus to the fall of the Second Temple /
Authors: Bruce, F. F. 1910-1990.; Payne, David F. 1931-
Publisher: InterVarsity Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Jews History
Abstract: The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small. [This book covers] nearly fourteen hundred years from the exodus to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
Contents: Israel's beginnings -- The Philistines and the Hebrew monarchy -- The reign of David -- Solomon and his successors -- The dynasty of Omri -- The Syrian Wars and the rise of the prophets -- The fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Hezekiah and the Assyrian peril -- Apostasy and reformation -- Last days of the kingdom of Judah -- The exile -- When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion -- The people of the law -- The Jews in the Persian empire -- Rival Greek empires -- Oniads and Tobiads -- An ambitious Greek king -- The abomination of desolation -- The Hasmonaean resistance -- Judas Maccabaeus -- Independence won -- The Hasmonaean dynasty -- The Roman conquest -- The reign of Herod -- The sons of Herod and the early procurators -- Herod Agrippa and the Jews -- Troubles multiply in Judaea -- The war with Rome and the end of the second temple.