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| Foreword to the Third Edition | |
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| Foreword to the First Edition | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Prologue: The Ancient Orient Before CA. 2000 B.C. | |
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| Before History: The Foundations of Civilization in the Ancient Orient | |
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| The Earliest Stone Age Settlements | |
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| Cultural Developments in Mesopotamia | |
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| Egypt and Palestine in the Fourth Millennium | |
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| The Ancient Orient in the Third Millennium B.C. | |
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| Mesopotamia in the Earliest Historical Period | |
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| Egypt and Western Asia in the Third Millennium | |
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| The Ancient Orient on the Eve of the Patriarchal Age | |
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| Antecedents and Beginnings: The Age of the Patriarchs | |
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| The World of Israel's Origins | |
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| The Ancient Orient CA. 2000-1750 B.C. | |
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| Mesopotamia CA. 2000-1750 | |
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| Egypt and Palestine CA. 2000-1750 | |
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| The Ancient Orient CA. 1750-1550 B.C. | |
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| The Power Struggle of the Eighteenth Century in Mesopotamia | |
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| A Period of Confusion in the Ancient Orient | |
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| The Patriarchs | |
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| The Patriarchal Narratives: The Problem and Method of Procedure | |
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| The Nature of the Material | |
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| The Evaluation of the Traditions as Sources of History | |
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| The Historical Setting of the Patriarchal Narratives | |
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| The Patriarchs in the Context of the Early Second Millennium | |
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| The Date of the Patriarchs | |
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| The Hebrew Ancestors and History | |
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| The Migration of the Patriarchs | |
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| The Patriarchs as Figures of History | |
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| The Religion of the Patriarchs | |
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| The Formative Period | |
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| Exodus and Conquest: The Formation of the People Israel | |
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| Western Asia in the Late Bronze Age: The Egyptian Empire | |
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| The Eighteenth Dynasty and the Rise of the Empire | |
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| The Amarna Period and the End of the Eighteenth Dynasty | |
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| Western Asia in the Thirteenth Century: The Ninteenth Dynasty | |
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| Canaan in the Thirteenth Century B.C. | |
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| The Biblical Traditions in the Light of the Evidence | |
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| Egyptian Bondage and Exodus in the Light of the Evidence | |
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| The Wilderness Wandering in the Light of the Evidence | |
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| The Conquest of Palestine in the Light of the Evidence | |
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| The Formation of the People Israel | |
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| The Complexity of Israel's Origins | |
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| The Israelite Occupation of Canaan: Summary and Reconstruction | |
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| The Constitution and Faith of Early Israel: the Tribal League | |
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| The Problem and Method of Procedure | |
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| How Should the Religion of Early Israel be Described? | |
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| Primary Sources of Knowledge | |
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| The Faith of Early Israel | |
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| Israel the People of Yahweh: The Covenant Society | |
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| The God of the Covenant | |
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| The Constitution of Early Israel: The Tribal League and Its Institutions | |
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| The Israelite Tribal League | |
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| The Institutions of the Tribal League | |
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| The History of the Tribal League: The Period of the Judges | |
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| The World Situation ca. 1200-1050 B.C. | |
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| Israel in Canaan: The First two Centuries | |
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| Israel Under the Monarchy: The Period of National Self-determination | |
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| From Tribal Confederacy to Dynastic State: the Rise and Development of the Monarchy | |
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| First Steps Towards Monarchy: Saul | |
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| The Philistine Crisis and the Failure of the Tribal Organization | |
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| The First King: Saul | |
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| The Failure of Saul and the Rise of David | |
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| The United Monarchy of Israel: King David (ca. 1000-961) | |
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| David's Rise to Power | |
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| The Securing and Consolidating of the State | |
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| The Building of the Empire | |
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| The Davidic State | |
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| The Latter Years of David | |
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| The United Monarchy of Israel: Solomon (ca. 961-922) | |
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| Solomon as Statesman: The National Policy | |
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| Solomon's Commercial Activity | |
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| Israel's Golden Age | |
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| The Burden of the Monarchy | |
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| The Theological Problem of the Monarchy | |
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| The Independent Kingdoms of Israel and Judah: From the Death of Solomon to the Mid-Eighth Century | |
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| The Divided Monarchy: The First Fifty Years (922-876) | |
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| The Schism and Its Consequences | |
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| The Rival States: Sectional Warfare | |
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| The Rival States: Internal Affairs | |
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| Israel and Judah from the Accession of Omri to the Purge of Jehu (876-843/2) | |
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| The House of Omri: Israel's Recovery | |
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| The House of Omri: The Internal Situation | |
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| The Fall of the House of Omri | |
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| Internal Affairs in Judah ca. 873-837 | |
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| Israel and Judah from the Mid-Ninth to the Mid-Eighth Century | |
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| A Half Century of Weakness | |
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| The Resurgence of Israel and Judah in the Eighth Century | |
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| The Internal Sickness of Israel: The First of the Classical Prophets | |
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| The Monarchy (Continued): Crisis and Downfall | |
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| The Period of Assyrian Conquest: From the Mid-Eighth Century to the Death of Hezekiah | |
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| The Assyrian Advance: The Fall of Israel and the Subjugation of Judah | |
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| The Beginning of Israel's Downfall | |
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| The Last Days of the Kingdom of Israel | |
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| Judah a Satellite of Assyria: Ahaz (735-715) | |
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| The Struggle for Independence: Hezekiah (715-687/6) | |
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| Hezekiah's Policy and Its Significance | |
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| Hezekiah and Sennacherib | |
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| Prophets of the Late Eighth Century in Judah | |
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| The National Emergency and the Prophetic Message | |
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| The Effects of the Prophetic Preaching | |
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| The Problem of Sennacherib's Campaigns in Palestine | |
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| The Kingdom of Judah: The Last Century | |
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| The End of Assyrian Domination: Judah Regains Independence | |
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| Judah in the Mid-Seventh Century | |
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| The Last Days of the Assyrian Empire | |
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| The Reign of Josiah (640-609) | |
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| The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Last Days of Judah | |
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| From the Death of Josiah to the First Deportation (609-597) | |
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| The End of the Kingdom of Judah | |
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| Prophets of the Last Days of Judah | |
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| The Developing Theological Emergency | |
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| The Prophets and the Survival of Israel's Faith | |
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| Tragedy and Beyond: The Exilic and Postexilic Periods | |
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| Exile and Restoration | |
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| The Period of Exile (587-539) | |
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| The Plight of the Jews After 587 | |
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| The Exile and Israel's Faith | |
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| The Last Days of the Babylonian Empire | |
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| On the Eve of Release: Prophetic Reinterpretation of Israel's Faith | |
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| The Restoration of the Jewish Community in Palestine | |
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| The Beginning of the New Day | |
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| The Early Years of the Restoration Community | |
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| The Completion of the Temple | |
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| The Jewish Community of the Fifth Century: The Reforms of Nehemiah and Ezra | |
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| From the Completion of the Temple to the Mid-Fifth Century | |
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| The Persian Empire to ca. 450 | |
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| The Fourtunes of the Jews ca.515-450 | |
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| The Reorganization of the Jewish Community Under Nehemiah and Ezra | |
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| Nehemiah and His Work | |
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| Ezra "the Scribe" | |
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| The Date of Ezra's Mission to Jerusalem | |
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| The Formative Period of Judaism | |
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| The End of the Old Testament Period: From Ezra's Reform to the Outbreak of the Maccabean Revolt | |
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| The Jews Through the Fourth and Third Centuries | |
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| The Last Century of Persian Rule | |
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| The Beginning of the Hellenistic Period | |
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| The Jews Under the Seleucids: Religious Crisis and Rebellion | |
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| The Persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes | |
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| The Outbreak of the Maccabean Rebellion | |
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| Judaism at the End of the Old Testament Period | |
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| The Nature and Development of Early Judaism | |
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| The Jewish Community in the Postexilic Period: A Resume | |
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| The Religion of the Law | |
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| Features in the Theology of Early Judaism | |
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| The Jewish Community and the World | |
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| Theological Reflection in Early Judaism | |
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| The Future Hope of Early Judaism | |
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| Epilogue: Toward the Fullness of Time | |
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| An Update in the Search of Israel's History | |
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| Chronological Charts | |
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| Indexes to Text | |
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| Historical Maps | |