History of Biblical Israel

Major Problems and Minor Issues
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12009-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1007 g

Reihe: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

The book holds 26 chapters encompassing the history of Israel from its very beginnings up to the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem (586 BC). The successive parts are (1) The Dawn of Israel, dealing with the Israelite proto-history, Mari and early Israel as well as the tribal societies and genealogies. (2) Forming a Nation, The Exodus and Conquest of Canaan, the period of the Judges and the charismatic nature of the Judges, the Danite migration. (3) The Rise of the Davidic Dynasty, a political view of the kingdom of David and Solomon, the diplomatic, international marriages of the latter, organs of statecraft in the Israelite monarchy. (4) King Amon and Josiah and their final fate, twilight of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem. (5) This part is dedicated to historical episodes in the Former Prophets and in the Prophetical Books. Several excursi follow.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Malamat, Abraham

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Abraham Malamat, Ph.D. (1951) in Ancient Jewish and Near Eastern History, has published extensively on the History of Biblical Israel with a view on Ancient Near Eastern History, including Mari and the Bible (Brill, 1998).