01847cam a2200289   4500001001200000003000600012005001700018008004100035010002000076020001800096020001500114035001300129040001000142050002200152082000800174082001100182100002500193245002500218250001200243260003400255300003600289490003000325490003000355504003000385505111200415650003001527ocm00495882OCoLC20221020072602.0720915s1972    enkb     b    001 0 eng    a72188299 //r972  a9780334006244  z0334006244  a72188299  cZAAPA00aDS121b.B72 1972b00a93304a9332@1 aBright, John,d1908-12aA history of Israel.  a2nd ed.  aLondon,bS.C.M. Press,c1972.  a519, xvi p.bcol. maps.c25 cm.0 aThe Old Testament library0 aThe Old Testament library  aBibliography: p. 469-474.  aPrologue: The Ancient Orient before CA. 2000 B.C.: Before History: The Foundations of Civilization in the Ancient Orient -- The Ancient Orient in the Third Millennium B.C. -- Antecedents and beginnings:  The Age of the Patriarchs:  The World of Israel's Origins: The Ancient Orient CA. 2000 - 1750 B.C. --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-eights Century -- The Monarchy: 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 Post-exilic Periods: Exile and Restoration -- The Jewish community in 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 Fulness of Time 0aJewsxHistoryyTo 70 A.D.