The Oxford history of the biblical world /edited by Michael D. Coogan.

The Oxford history of the biblical world /edited by Michael D. Coogan. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2001. - xi, 487 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.



In the beginning : the earliest history/ Before Israel : Syria-Palestine in the Bronze Age/ Bitter lives : Israel in and out of Egypt/ Forging an identity : the emergence of ancient Israel/ "There was no king in Israel" : the era of the judges/ Kinship and kingship : the early monarchy/ A land divided : Judah and Israel from the death of Solomon to the fall of Samaria/ Into exile : from the Assyrian conquest of Israel to the fall of Babylon/ Israel among the nations : the Persian period/ Between Alexandria and Antioch : Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic period/ Visions of kingdoms : from Pompey to the first Jewish revolt/ Churches in context : the Jesus movement in the Roman world/ Transitions and trajectories : Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire/ Michael D. Coogan -- Wayne T. Pitard -- Carol A. Redmount -- Lawrence E. Stager -- Jo Ann Hackett -- Carol Meyers -- Edward F. Campbell Jr. -- Mordechai Cogan -- Mary Joan Winn Leith -- Leonard J. Greenspoon -- Amy-Jill Levine -- Daniel N. Schowalter -- Barbara Geller.



9780195087079 9780195139372

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GBA1-42099 GBA1-X7684


Bible--History of Biblical events.
Bible--History of contemporary events.


Civilization, Ancient.

BS635 / .O946 2001 BS635