A History of IsraelUnsurpassed for nearly half a century, and now with a new introduction and appendix by William P. Brown, John Bright's A History of Israel will continue to be a standard for a new generation of students of the Old Testament. This book remains a classic in the literature of theological education. |
Contents
THE ANCIENT ORIENT BEFORE CA 2000 BC | 23 |
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION IN THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 24 |
B THE ANCIENT ORIENT IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC | 33 |
ANTECEDENTS AND BEGINNINGS The Age of the Patriarchs | 45 |
THE WORLD OF ISRAELS ORIGINS | 47 |
A THE ANCIENT ORIENT CA 20001750 BC | 48 |
BTHE ANCIENT ORIENT CA 17501550 BC | 56 |
THE PATRIARCHS | 67 |
C ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE MIDNINTH TO THE MIDEIGHTH CENTURY | 253 |
THE MONARCHY Continued Crisis and Downfall | 267 |
THE PERIOD OF ASSYRIAN CONQUEST From the MidEighth Century to the Death of Hezekiah | 269 |
HEZEKIAH 7156876 | 278 |
C PROPHETS OF THE LATE EIGHTH CENTURY IN JUDAH | 288 |
EXCURSUS I The Problem of Sennacheribs Campaigns in Palestine | 298 |
THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH The Last Century | 310 |
B THE NEOBABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH | 324 |
BTHE HISTORICAL SETTING OF THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES | 77 |
C THE HEBREW ANCESTORS AND HISTORY | 87 |
THE FORMATIVE PERIOD | 105 |
EXODUS AND CONQUEST The Formation of the People Israel | 107 |
THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE | 108 |
B THE BIBLICAL TRADITIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE | 120 |
C THE FORMATION OF THE PEOPLE ISRAEL | 133 |
THE CONSTITUTION AND FAITH OF EARLY ISRAEL The Tribal League | 144 |
B THE FAITH OF EARLY ISRAEL | 148 |
THE TRIBAL LEAGUE AND ITS INSTITUTIONS | 162 |
THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES | 173 |
ISRAEL UNDER THE MONARCHY The Period of National Selfdetermination | 183 |
FROM TRIBAL CONFEDERACY TO DYNASTIC STATE The Rise and Development of the Monarchy | 184 |
KING DAVID CA 1000961 | 195 |
SOLOMON CA 961922 | 211 |
THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH From the Death of Solomon to the MidEighth Century | 229 |
THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS 922876 | 230 |
B ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE ACCESSION OF OMRI TO THE PURGE OF JEHU 8768432 | 240 |
C PROPHETS OF THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAH | 331 |
TRAGEDY AND BEYOND The Exilic and Postexilic Periods | 341 |
EXILE AND RESTORATION | 343 |
B THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN PALESTINE | 360 |
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE FIFTH CENTURY The Reforms of Nehemiah and Ezra | 373 |
B THE REORGANIZATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA | 379 |
EXCURSUS II The Date of Ezras Mission to Jerusalem | 391 |
THE FORMATIVE PERIOD OF JUDAISM | 403 |
THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD From Ezras Reform to the Outbreak of the Maccabean Revolt | 405 |
RELIGIOUS CRISIS AND REBELLION | 417 |
JUDAISM AT THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD | 428 |
B FEATURES IN THE THEOLOGY OF EARLY JUDAISM | 442 |
TOWARD THE FULLNESS OF TIME | 458 |
AN UPDATE IN THE SEARCH OF ISRAELS HISTORY | 465 |
Chronological Charts | 487 |
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HISTORICAL MAPS | 525 |
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