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Click on picture to view full-size image	Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
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	*Edited by Hershel Shanks* "What other books do for the Bible as literature, this book does for the Bible as history." Dr. William W. Hallo Yale University Revised and expanded! The most widely used account of the history of ancient Israel has been updated and enlarged to incorporate a decade's worth of outstanding discoveries. This volume takes the reader through the Bible as history, analyzing the Biblical text and testing individual Biblical passages against the evidence of extra-Biblical sources and archaeological finds. Chapters and Authors The Patriarchal Age P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. and revised by Ronald S. Hendel Israel in Egypt Nahum M. Sarna and revised by Hershel Shanks The Settlement in Canaan Joseph A. Callaway and revised by J. Maxwell Miller The United Monarchy written and revised by Andre Lemaire The Divided Monarchy Siegfried H. Horn and revised by P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. Exile and Return James D. Purvis and revised by Eric M. Meyers The Age of Hellenism written and revised by Lee I.A. Levine Roman Domination Shaye J.D. Cohen and revised by Michael Satlow BAS, 1999. 378 pp., 34 illustrations, 10 color plates, 16 maps and charts. Hardcover ISBN 1-880317-53-2, Softcover ISBN 1-880317-54-0