Table of Contents

Part One: The Setting; 1 Geography and Ecology of the land of Israel; 2. Social Organization; 3. Israel's Neighbours; Part Two: The History and Religion of Israel; 4. Until the Foundation of the Monarchy; 5. the Monarchic Period; 6. The Exilic, Persian and Ptolemaic Periods; 7. From the Maccabees to Herod the Great; Part Three: Literature and Life; 8. Creation and Origin Stories; 9. Narratives; 10. Legal Texts; 11. Sacrifices and Psalms; 12. Prophetic Literature; 13. Wisdom Literature; 14. Apocalyptic Literature; 15. Beyond the Old Testament; Part Four; 16. Oral Tradition and Early Literary Collections; 17. Later Literary Collections and the Formation of the Canon; Bibliography and Indexes

About the Author

Philip R. Davies is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. Professor John Rogerson is a former head of the department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Sheffield and Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.

Reviews

'...provides essential background information about Israel's culture, institutions and literature, as well as valuable insights into the geographical and ecological context, and the wider history of the Middle East in the second and first millennia BC...reader-friendly guide'
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