Ancient Israel's History
Subtitle: an introduction to issues and sources
Publisher: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group; Baker Academic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780801039300
Description: "Leading experts offer a substantive history of Israel textbook that values the Bible's historical contribution without overlooking critical issues and challenges"--
Table of contents: title: Preface / Bill T. Arnold, Richard S. Hess; title: Introduction : Foundations for a history of Israel / Richard S. Hess; title: The Genesis narratives / Bill T. Arnold; title: The Exodus and wilderness narratives / James K. Hoffmeier; title: Covenant and treaty in the Hebrew Bible and in the ancient Near East / Samuel Greengus; title: Early Israel and its appearance in Canaan / Lawson G. Stone; title: The Judges and the early Iron Age / Robert D. Miller II; title: The story of Samuel, Saul, and David / Daniel Bodi; title: United monarchy : archaeology and literary sources / Steven M. Ortiz; title: The biblical prophets in historiography / James K. Mead; title: Late tenth- and ninth-century issues : Ahab underplayed? Jehoshaphat overplayed? / Kyle Greenwood; title: Eighth-century issues : the world of Jeroboam II, the fall of Samaria, and the reign of Hezekiah / Sandra Richter; title: Judah in the seventh century : from the aftermath of Sennacherib's invasion to the beginning of Jehoiakim's rebellion / Brad E. Kelle; title: Sixth-century issues : the fall of Jerusalem, the exile, and the return / Peter van der Veen; title: Fifth- and fourth-century issues : governorship and priesthood in Jerusalem / André Lemaire; title: The Hellenistic period / David A. deSilva