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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| The Ancestral Narratives: A Sea of Names and Places | |
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| Tales of Origins and Heroes | |
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| The Ancestral Narratives | |
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| Precedents and Constitutional Experiences in the Ancestral Narratives | |
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| Covenant Making | |
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| Abram/Abraham Builds an Altar | |
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| Abraham Purchases His Family Burial Plot | |
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| Jacob Obtains the Covenantal Blessing | |
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| Jacob Makes a Treaty with Laban | |
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| The Israelites Move to the Delta Region of Lower Egypt (Goshen) | |
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| Dealing with the Wealth of Names | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Exodus and Settlement Period | |
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| Putting the Story Together | |
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| Superpower Politics and Diplomacy | |
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| Aids to Chronology and Historical Reconstruction | |
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| Archaeological Data | |
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| Precedents Important for Later History | |
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| Early Monarchy Period (ca. 1030-900 B.C.E.) | |
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| Judges Period as a Political Transition | |
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| Saul and the Establishment of a Chiefdom | |
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| David and the Kingdom of Israel | |
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| Solomon and the Organization of a Monarchy | |
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| Reconstruction of the Tenth-Century Monarchy | |
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| Precedents Formed in the Early Monarchic Narrative | |
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| Period of the Divided Kingdom (ca. 925-586 B.C.E.) | |
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| Extrabiblical Sources and Historicity | |
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| Division of the Kingdom | |
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| Jeroboam's Sin and the Pattern of Leadership in Israel | |
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| Dynastic Changes in the Northern Kingdom | |
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| The Household of Omri | |
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| The Eighth Century and the Mounting Assyrian Threat | |
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| Judah Stands Alone (ca. 720-586 B.C.E.) | |
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| Hezekiah's Reform | |
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| The Last Days of Judah | |
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| Josiah, Reform, and Disaster | |
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| The Last Kings of Judah | |
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| From Exile to Alexander (ca. 597-322 B.C.E.) | |
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| Aftermath of 587 | |
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| Those Who Remained Behind | |
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| Those Taken into Exile | |
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| Restoration Period | |
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| Those Who Returned | |
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| The Role of Ezra and Nehemiah | |
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| Alexander of Macedon and the Beginning of the Hellenistic Age | |
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| Major Events During the Monarchy Period | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Ancient Sources | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |