TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bright,John
TI  - A history of Israel
T2  - Westminster aids to the study of the Scriptures
SN  - 0664220681 (acid-free)
AV  - DS 121 .B72 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Louisville, Ky
PB  - Westminster J. Knox Press
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - To 70 A.D
KW  - Israel
KW  - swd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Prologue : the ancient Orient before ca. 2000 B.C. -- Antecedents and beginnings : the age of the patriarchs. The world of Israel's origins ; The patriarchs -- The formative period. Exodus and conquest : the formation of the people Israel ; The constitution and faith of early Israel : the tribal league -- 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-eighth century -- The monarchy (continued) : 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 postexilic periods. Exile and restoration ; The Jewish community of 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 fullness of time
ER  -