Ancient Israel: A Short History from Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple

Abraham Ammonites ancient archaeological army Asherah Assyrian Babylon Babylonian Beersheba Bible biblical account Bronze Age Canaan Canaanite century B.C. Chronicles conquest culture David destruction dynasty early Edom Egypt Egyptian empire endnote Ephraim Essenes evidence excavations Exile Exodus Ezra Galilee Genesis Gezer Greek Hasmonean Hazor Hebrew Hellenistic Herod Hezekiah high priest hill country Hyrcanus inscription Isaac Israelite Jacob Jehoiachin Jeremiah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish society Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah Judahite Judaism Judea Judges kingdom of Israel Kings Lachish land Late Bronze Age later leaders Maccabees Malamat Manasseh Merneptah military Moab monarchy Moses narrative Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah northern pagan patriarchal period Persian Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines political population priestly probably prophet Qumran rabbinic Rehoboam reign religious revolt revolutionaries Roman ruler Sadducees Samaria Samuel Saul Saul's scholars sect Seleucid settlement Shechem Solomon story Syria territory throne tradition Transjordan tribal tribes vassal villages wall worship Yadin Yahweh