The History of Ancient Israel (1984 Grant), book

The History of Ancient Israel (1984) is a book by Michael Grant.

Table of contents

The land of Canaan. Forerunners and origins ; The Canaanites -- From Abraham to the judges. The patriarchs ; Moses ; Conquest and settlement -- The united kingdom. The Philistines, Samuel and Saul ; David ; Solomon ; The invention of history -- The divided kingdoms. The northern monarchy : Israel ; Northern prophecy and history ; The southern monarchy : Judah ; Southern legend and prophecy -- Babylonian and Persian rule. Prophecy and history in the dispersion ; The climax of Hebrew thought ; The new Judaism -- Greek rule and liberation. Life and thought under the Greeks ; Independence regained -- Roman dependency. Herod the Great ; The road to rebellion.

External links

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