Ancient Israel : a short history from Abraham to the Roman destruction of the Temple / edited by Hershel Shanks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shanks, Hershel.

Biblical Archaeology Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall ; Washington, D.C. : Biblical Archaeology Society, [1988]

Contents:

The Patriarchal Age / P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.

Israel in Egypt / Nahum M. Sarna

The settlement in Canaan / Joseph A. Callaway

The united monarchy / André Lemaire

The divided monarchy / Siegfried H. Horn

Exile and return / James D. Purvis

The Age of Hellenism / Lee I. A. Levine

Roman domination / Shaye J.D. Cohen.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [237]-259.

ISBN:

0130364355

096130894X

OCLC:

18325825