The world of the Bible / [print]
Roberta L. Harris.
- New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, (c)1995.
- 192 pages : ill (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
part 1. The bible in context. Geography and climate. Outline history of the region. Women travellers. Archaeologists in the holy land. The bible and archaeology. The tale of a tell. The origins of the alphabet. Writing the bible. Plants and animals of the bible. Hearth and home in old testament times -- part 2. In the beginning. Before the bible. Abraham the patriarch. Cities of the time of Abraham. Canaanites and Hyksos. The gods of Canaan. Egypt's empire. Exodus and the wilderness years -- part 3. Old testament empires. The sea peoples. The Philistines. The age of the judges. David, king of all Israel. King Solomon's empire. Solomon's temple. The kingdom of Israel. The might of Assyria. Judah alone. Hezekiah in revolt. Sennacherib and the siege of Lachish. Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem -- part 4. Widening horizons. The Babylonian exile. Cyrus, king of the Persians. Return to Judah. Alexander the great. In the wake of Alexander. Revolution! the Maccabees. The Romans in the east. Qumran and the dead sea scrolls -- part 5. The age of Jesus. Herod the great. Herodian Jerusalem. Caesarea portunder water. The life of Jesus. Daily life in new testament times. A boat from the time of Jesus. Jesus in Jerusalem. The development of Christianity -- part 6. The turbulent years. The two Jewish revolts. The development of Judaism. Aelia Capitolina: Hadrian's Jerusalem. The Byzantine era. Beth Shean, Byzantine city. Early churches. Early synagogues. The church of the holy sepulchre. The age of Islam. Crusader Palestine. Mamelukes, Ottomans and after.