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A Bible Reader's History of the Ancient World

Kent P. Jackson, Editor
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Table of Contents

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  • Introduction
  • Section 1: Getting to Know the Ancient World
  • The World of the Bible
    Jared W. Ludlow
  • Archaeology
    Jeffrey R. Chadwick
  • The Earliest Civilizations and Cities of the Near East
    Edward Stratford
  • Section 2: Old Testament Backgrounds
  • Early Mesopotamia
    Monica Louise Phillips
  • Egypt's Old Kingdom
    Kerry Muhlestein
  • Egypt's Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
    Kerry Muhlestein
  • Genesis and the Ancient Near East
    David Rolph Seely
  • The Canaanites
    George A. Pierce
  • Egypt's New Kingdom
    Krystal V. L. Pierce
  • The Exodus
    Kerry Muhlestein
  • Sea Peoples and Philistines
    George A. Pierce
  • Israel's Conquest and Settlement
    George A. Pierce
  • Early Israel in Canaan
    Andrew C. Skinner
  • Israel's United Monarchy (1030?-931 BCE)
    Dana M. Pike
  • Temples in the Near East and Israel
    David Rolph Seely
  • The Neo-Assyrian Empire
    Edward Stratford
  • Ammonites, Moabites, Pheonicians, Arameans, and Edomites
    Aaron P. Schade
  • Israel's Divided Monarchy, Part 1 (930-841 BCE)
    Dana M. Pike
  • Israel's Divided Monarchy, Part 2 (841-722 BCE)
    Dana M. Pike
  • Judah Alone (722-586 BCE)
    David Rolph Seely
  • The Neo-Babylonian Empire
    Edward Stratford
  • The Persian Empire and the Restored Jewish Nation
    Andrew C. Skinner
  • Section 3: New Testament Backgrounds
  • The Greeks and Alexander the Great
    Cecilia M. Peek
  • The Hellenistic Age
    Cecilia M. Peek
  • The Romans
    Eric D. Huntsman
  • The Time of Herod the Great
    Matthew J. Grey
  • Roman Palestine after Herod the Great
    Matthew J. Grey
  • Intertestamental Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls
    Jared W. Ludlow
  • Section 4: After the Bible
  • Early Christianity
    Gaye Strathearn
  • The Byzantine Period
    Eric D. Huntsman
  • Palestine and the Arabs
    William J. Hamblin
  • Medieval Palestine and the Crusades
    William J. Hamblin
  • Chronology of the Ancient World
  • Authors and Acknowledgments
  • Index

About the Book

This volume is written for readers of the Bible. It is intended to provide historical backgrounds concerning the peoples and lands of the Bible and is meant to supplement a study of the biblical narrative itself. Thus it is not a traditional history of the ancient Near East, because it does not address all periods and all societies but has its focus on those that enlighten the biblical text. It is also written with those Bible readers in mind who travel or study in Bible lands, with emphasis on places and artifacts that visitors frequently see today. This book is not a Religious Studies Center publication. It was produced by the RSC on behalf of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, Brigham Young University.

ISBN 978-1-9443-9402-8

Published in 2016

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