01471cam a22002771 4500 3631295 OSt 20230703114806.0 700415s1968 enkabf b 000 0 eng 74365050 B68-24529 0090896203 DLC DLC DLC ZAAPA DS119.2 .G3 220.95 Gale, Richard Nelson, Sir, 1896- 896 Great battles of Biblical history [by] Sir Richard Gale. London, Hutchinson, 1968. xii, 156 p. 2 plates (1 fold.), 1 col. illus., maps. 22 cm. 35/- Bibliography: p. [148] The strategic significance of the biblical lands -- The first of the patriarchs -- The flight from Egypt and defeat at Hormah -- The battles of Jericho and Ai -- The defeat of Sisera -- Gideon's victory over the Midianites -- The Heroes -- Saul's campaigns and defeat at Gilboa -- The campaigns of David -- The decline and fall of David's kingdom -- The end of Israel and the fall of Jerusalem -- The military achievements of Persia --The campaign of Alexander -- The rise of Seleucid power -- The first resistance movement -- The Maccabaean wars -- Rome comes to Canaan -- Herod the Great -- The wars of the Jews -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The massacre of Masada Military history in the Bible. 897 7 cbc orignew u ncip 19 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 5322 5322 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2009-11-10 0 220.95 GAL APA000352 2009-11-10 2009-11-10 BK