| Description |
xiv, 481 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: Introductory survey -- The general setting: The bridge between continents and civilizations;The table of nations; Between sea and desert; The geological foundations; The pastoral-agrarian economy -- The land of many contrasts -- The coastal zone; The plain of Acco; The Jezreel Valley; The Sharon; The Philistine coast; The Shephelah; The Western Negeb -- The Central Mountain Range: Galilee; Mount Ephraim; The Judean hill country; The Eastern Negeb -- The Jordan Rift: The Huleh Valley; Chinnereth; The Jordan Valley; The Dead Sea; The Arabah -- The Transjordanian Highlands: Bashan; GIlead; Moab; Edom -- Roads and highways -- International highways: The way of the sea; The King's highway -- Internal roads: In the Negeb; In Judah; In the hill country of Ephraim; In Galilee -- In Transjordan -- Boundaries and names -- The land of Canaan -- The land of Israel -- The historical sources-- The Bible: Historical-geographical descriptions; Administrative territorial lists; Expeditions and conquests -- Epigraphal documents: Egyptian sources; Mesopotamian sources; Palestinian sources -- The contribution of archaeology: Excavation; Surveys -- The study of toponymy -- The continuity of ancient sites -- The origin of place names and their meanings -- The original form of the name -- Preservation of the name -- Transference of names -- Principles of identification -- Pt. 2: Palestine during the ages -- The Canaanite period -- The Proto-historic period -- The Amorite wave -- The Execration texts -- The Hyksos period -- The rise of the new Egyptian empire -- The campaigns of Thut-Mose III -- The campaigns of Amen-Hotep II -- The El-Amarna period -- The campaigns of Seti I -- The reigns of Ramses II and Merneptah -- Israelite conquest and settlement : First stages of penetration -- The Exodus and the desert wanderings -- The conquest of Transjordan -- The house of Joseph-- Judah -- The wars in the North -- The list of Canaanite kings -- The limits of Israelite occupation -- Settlement in the hill country -- Occupation and movement of tribes and clans -- The tribal league and its border description -- The cities of Simeon -- The deeds of the judges -- The Philistines -- The United Monarchy -- Saul -- The campaigns of David -- The kingdom at the height of its expansion: The Davidic census; The city lists of Simeon and Dan -- The Levitical cities -- Growth and development of the Solomonic kingdom -- Solomon's administrative districts -- The kingdoms Of Israel And Judah -- The House of Jeroboam and Baasha -- Shishak's campaign: Towns in central Palestine; Negeb settlements -- Rehoboam's fortresses -- The Omride dynasty -- Wars with Aram and Assyria -- The rebellion of Moab under Mesha -- The house of Jehu and the last days of the Israelite kingdom -- The districts of Judah -- The Samaria ostraca -- Tiglath-Pileser III's campaigns and the fall of Israel-- The latter days of the Judean kingdom -- Sennacherib's campaign -- The royal seal impressions and their geographical-administrative significance -- The last kings of Judah -- Exile And restoration : The Babylonian kingdom -- The period of Persian rule |
| Summary |
Here, assembled for the first time between two covers, are all available records and geographical descriptions of Palestine in the Canaanite and Israelite periods. The Hebrew (Biblical and extra-Biblical), Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian and other sources are described and critically evaluated in the light of archaeology, and with a view to summarizing the vast amount of literature up to now scattered among numerous books and journals |
| Notes |
Translation of Erets-Yiśraʼel bi-teḳufat ha-Miḳra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Translation of Erets-Yiśrael bi-teḳufat ha-Miḳra |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- History of Biblical events.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013655
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Bible. Old Testament http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011927 -- Geography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005919
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| Subject |
Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068697
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| LC no. |
80014168 |
| ISBN |
0664242669 |
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9780664242664 |
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