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Lester L. Grabbe provides a magnificent overview of the ancient history of this turbulent region in this comprehensive but readable study of Israel's origins. Grabbe engages in this fascinating history, which includes the first references to Israelites in an early Egyptian inscription, the kings of Israel, the Persian province of Yehud, the Greek and Roman rule of Judah, the kingdom of the Maccabees, and the Jewish diaspora in Babylonia and the Greco-Roman world.
Grabbe brings together all the historical information and synthesizes it in an understandable way for those with an interest in the early history, culture, and religion of the Jews. Grabbe also explains what has been discovered by archaeologists, Egyptologists, and Assyriologists that is important for understanding the history of ancient Israel. This is not a brief survey, rather an in-depth overview of the history of Israel from one of the most significant scholars of his generation. Serious readers of history and students alike will find this a helpful pathfinder through the history of one of the most fascinating and influential regions in the world.
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Preface
Introduction: The Beginnings: History and the Bible
1. History and Creation
2. History and the Book of Genesis
3. Israel Enters History
4. Israel Settles in the Land
5. Israel Becomes A Nation
6. Israel and Judah as Rival Kingdoms
7. Israel in Captivity and Judah Ruling Alone
8. Jerusalem Destroyed and Rebuilt
9. Judah a Persian Province
10. The Coming of the Greeks
11. The Threat to Jewish Religion
12. Judah Once Again a Monarchy under the Hasmonaeans
13. Rome Establishes its Rule
14. Herod the Great
15. Governed by Roman Prefects
16. A Herodian Kingdom, Then Roman Rule Again
17. The First War with Rome
18. An Intermission of Six Decades
19. The Second War with Rome
20. The Aftermath: Religious Developments
21. The Jews over a Millennium and a Half: A Holisitic Perspective
Bibliography
Index
