Originally published 1992, Sheffield Academic Press, Republished 2006, Continuum.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and indexes.
Preliminaries -- Searching for "Ancient Israel" -- Defining the biblical Israel -- A search for historical Israel -- The social context of the biblical Israel -- Who wrote the biblical literature, and where? -- How was the biblical literature written, and why? -- From literature to scripture -- The emergence of Israel.
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Bible., Old Testament-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.