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A history of Israel / John Bright ; with an introduction and appendix by William P. Brown. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Westminster aids to the study of the ScripturesPublication details: Louisville, Ky : Westminster J. Knox Press, [(c)2000.Edition: forth editionDescription: xxii, 533 pages, xvi leaves of plates : color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0664220681
  • 9780664220686
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS121.H578 2000
  • DS121.B855.H578 2000
Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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