TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bright,John
TI  - A history of Israel
T2  - Westminster aids to the study of the Scriptures
SN  - 9780664220686
AV  - DS121.B855.H578 2000 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Louisville, Ky
PB  - Westminster J. Knox Press
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - To 70 A.D
N1  - 1 and indexes; 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; 2
N2  - 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
ER  -