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xv, 544 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Leading experts offer a substantive history of Israel textbook that values the Bible's historical contribution without overlooking critical issues and challenges"--
Introduction: foundations for a history of Israel / Richard S. Hess -- 1. The Genesis narratives / Bill T. Arnold -- 2. The Exodus and wilderness narratives / James K. Hoffmeier -- 3. Covenant and treaty in the Hebrew Bible and in the ancient Near East / Samuel Greengus -- 4. Early Israel and its appearance in Canaan / Lawson G. Stone -- 5. The Judges and the early Iron Age / Robert D. Miller II -- 6. The story of Samuel, Saul, and David / Daniel Bodi -- 7. United monarchy: archaeology and literary sources / Steven M. Ortiz -- The biblical prophets in historiography / James K. Mead -- 9. Late tenth- and ninth-century issues: Ahab underplayed? Jehoshaphat overplayed? / Kyle Greenwood -- 10. Eighth-century issues: the world of Jeroboam II, the fall of Samaria, and the reign of Hezekiah / Sandra Richter -- 11. Judah in the seventh century: from the aftermath of Sennacherib's invasion to the beginning of Jehoiakim's rebellion / Brad E. Kelle -- 12. Sixth-century issues : the fall of Jerusalem, the exile, and the return / Peter van der Veen -- 13. Fifth- and fourth-century issues: governorship and priesthood in Jerusalem / Andre Lemaire -- 14. The Hellenistic period / David A. deSilva.
edited by Bill T. Arnold, Richard S. Hess.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-519) and indexes.