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The Oxford History of the Biblical World
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by Michael D. Coogan (Editor) (edit contributors)

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Here, in one impressively illustrated volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts-- the Bible. For more than a century, archeologists have been unearthing the... read more

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By the time the nation of Israel emerged as a political entity in the late thirteenth century BCE, Near Eastern urban civilization had already grown ancient-more than two millennia old.

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Preface
Prologue: In The Beginning "The Earliest History" (Michael D. Coogan)
1. Before Israel: Syria-Palestine in the Bronze Age (Wayne T. Pitard)
2. Bitter Lives: Israel in and out of Egypt (Carol A. Redmount)
3. Forging an Identity: The Emergence of Ancient Israel (Lawrence E. Stager)
4. "There was no King in Israel:" The Era of The Judges (Jo Ann Hackett)
5. Kinship and Kingship: The Early Monarchy (Carol Meyers)
6. A Land Divided: Judah and Israel from the Death of Solomon to the Fall of Samaria (Edward F. Campbell Jr.)
7. Into Exile: From The Assyrian Conquest of Israel to the Fall of Babylon (Mordechai Cogan)
8. Israel Among The Nations: The Persian Period (Mary Joan Winn Leith)
9. Between Alexandria and Antioch: Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period (Leonard J. Greenspoon)
10. Visions of Kingdoms: From Pompey to the First Jewish Revolt (Amy-Jill Levine)
11. Churches in Context: The Jesus Movement in the Roman World (Daniel N. Schowalter)
Epilogue: Transitions and Trajectories "Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire" (Barbara Geller)
Chronology
General Bibliography
Contributors
Index

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This book is in Oxford Companions. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael D. Coogan (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Amy-Jill Levine (Author)
  2. Barbara Geller (Author)
  3. Carol A. Redmount (Author)
  4. Carol Meyers (Author)
  5. Daniel N. Schowalter (Author)
  6. Edward F. Campbell Jr. (Author)
  7. Jo Ann Hackett (Author)
  8. Lawrence E. Stager (Author)
  9. Leonard J. Greenspoon (Author)
  10. Mary Joan Winn Leith (Author)
  11. Mordechai Cogan (Author)
  12. Wayne T. Pitard (Author)

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  • Library of Congress: BS635.2.094 2001
  • Dewey: 220.95

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