A history of Israel /

Bright, John, 1908 September 25-1995.,

A history of Israel / [print] John Bright ; with an introduction and appendix by William P. Brown. - forth edition. - Louisville, Ky : Westminster J. Knox Press, (c)2000. - xxii, 533 pages, xvi leaves of plates : color maps ; 25 cm. - Westminster aids to the study of the Scriptures . - Westminster aids to the study of the Scriptures. .



Prologue : the ancient Orient before circa 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.

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.



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