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A history of Israel /

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A history of Israel /

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John Bright ; with an introduction and appendix by William P. Brown.

4th ed.

Louisville, Ky :

Westminster J. Knox Press,

©2000.

xxii, 533 pages, xvi leaves of plates :

color maps ;

25 cm.

Westminster aids to the study of the Scriptures

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Prologue : the ancient Orient before ca. 2000 B.C. -- Antecedents and beginnings : the age of the patriarchs. The world of Israel's origins ; The patriarchs -- The formative period. Exodus and conquest : the formation of the people Israel ; The constitution and faith of early Israel : the tribal league -- Israel under the monarchy : the period of national self-determination. From tribal confederacy to dynastic state : the rise and development of the monarchy ; The independent kingdoms of Israel and Judah : from the death of Solomon to the mid-eighth century -- The monarchy (continued) : crisis and downfall. The period of Assyrian conquest : from the mid-eighth century to the death of Hezekiah ; The kingdom of Judah : the last century -- Tragedy and beyond : the exilic and postexilic periods. Exile and restoration ; The Jewish community of the fifth century : the reforms of Nehemiah and Ezra -- The formative period of Judaism. The end of the Old Testament period : from Ezra's reform to the outbreak of the Maccabean revolt ; Judaism at the end of the Old Testament period -- Epilogue : toward the fullness of time.

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Unsurpassed for nearly half a century, and now with a new introduction and appendix by William P. Brown, Bright's A History of Israel will continue to be a standard for a new generation of students of the Old Testament. - Publisher.

History of Israel.

Jews-- History-- To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Israel.

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Bright, John,1908 September 25-1995.

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