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History of Biblical Israel [electronic resource] : major problems and minor issues / by Abraham Malamat.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 7.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 476 p.) : illISBN:
  • 1417536608 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781417536603 (electronic bk.)
  • 9047400755
  • 9789047400752
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Biblical Israel.DDC classification:
  • 933 22
LOC classification:
  • DS121 .M33 2001eb
Other classification:
  • 11.42
Online resources:
Contents:
The Dawn of Israel -- The Proto-History of Israel: A Study in Method -- Mari and Early Israel -- Pre-Monarchical Social Institutions in Israel in the Light of Mari -- Tribal Societies: Biblical Genealogies and African Lineage Systems -- Forming a Nation -- The Exodus: Egyptian Analogies -- Conquest of Canaan: Israelite Conduct of War According to Biblical Tradition -- The Period of the Judges -- Appendix: The Punishment by Gideon of Succoth and Penuel in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Treaties -- Charismatic Leadership in the Book of Judges -- The Danite Migration and the Pan-Israelite Exodus-Conquest: A Biblical Narrative Pattern -- The Rise of the Davidic Dynasty -- A Political Look at the Kingdom of David and Solomon and its Relations with Egypt -- Aspects of the Foreign Policies of David and Solomon -- Naamah, The Ammonite Princess, King Solomon's Wife -- Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy -- Twilight of Judah and the Destruction of the First Temple -- The Historical Background of the Assassination of Amon, King of Judah -- Josiah's Bid for Armageddon: The Background of the Judaean-Egyptian Encounter in 609 B.C. -- The Twilight of Judah: In the Egyptian-Babylonian Maelstrom -- The Kingdom of Judah between Egypt and Babylon: A Small State within a Great Power Confrontation -- Historical Episodes in the Former Prophets and in the Prophetical Books -- Doctrines of Causality in Hittite and Biblical Historiography: A Parallel -- Military Rationing in Papyrus Anastasi I and the Bible.
Summary: This title encompasses the history of Israel from its very beginnings up to the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Topics covered include: the Exodus and the conquest of Canaan; the rise of the Davidic Dynasty; and the diplomatic, international marriages of Solomon.
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The Dawn of Israel -- The Proto-History of Israel: A Study in Method -- Mari and Early Israel -- Pre-Monarchical Social Institutions in Israel in the Light of Mari -- Tribal Societies: Biblical Genealogies and African Lineage Systems -- Forming a Nation -- The Exodus: Egyptian Analogies -- Conquest of Canaan: Israelite Conduct of War According to Biblical Tradition -- The Period of the Judges -- Appendix: The Punishment by Gideon of Succoth and Penuel in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Treaties -- Charismatic Leadership in the Book of Judges -- The Danite Migration and the Pan-Israelite Exodus-Conquest: A Biblical Narrative Pattern -- The Rise of the Davidic Dynasty -- A Political Look at the Kingdom of David and Solomon and its Relations with Egypt -- Aspects of the Foreign Policies of David and Solomon -- Naamah, The Ammonite Princess, King Solomon's Wife -- Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy -- Twilight of Judah and the Destruction of the First Temple -- The Historical Background of the Assassination of Amon, King of Judah -- Josiah's Bid for Armageddon: The Background of the Judaean-Egyptian Encounter in 609 B.C. -- The Twilight of Judah: In the Egyptian-Babylonian Maelstrom -- The Kingdom of Judah between Egypt and Babylon: A Small State within a Great Power Confrontation -- Historical Episodes in the Former Prophets and in the Prophetical Books -- Doctrines of Causality in Hittite and Biblical Historiography: A Parallel -- Military Rationing in Papyrus Anastasi I and the Bible.

This title encompasses the history of Israel from its very beginnings up to the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem in 586 BC. Topics covered include: the Exodus and the conquest of Canaan; the rise of the Davidic Dynasty; and the diplomatic, international marriages of Solomon.

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