Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition
Table Of ContentPrefaces Introduction 1. Israel's Beginnings 2. The Philistines and the Hebrew Monarchy 3. The Reign of David 4. Solomon and His Successors 5. The Dynasty of Omri 6. The Syrian Wars and the Rise of the Prophets 7. The Fall of the Northern Kingdom 8. Hezekiah and the Assyrian Peril 9. Apostasy and Restoration 10. Last Days of the Kingdom of Judah 11. The Exile 12. When the Lord Turned Again the Captivity of Zion 13. The People of the Law 14. The Jews in the Persian Empire 15. Rival Greek Empires 16. Oniads and Tobiads 17. And Ambitious Greek King 18. The Abomination of Desolation 19. The Hasmonaean Resistance 20. Judas Maccabaeus 21. Independence Won 22. The Hasmonaean Dynasty 23. The Roman Conquest 24. The Reign of Herod 25. The Sons of Herod and the Early Roman Governors 26. Herod Agrippa and the Jews 27. Troubles Mulitply in Judaea 28. The War with Rome and the End of the Second Temple Genealogical and Chronlogical Tables Bibliography Abbreviations Index
SynopsisF. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of Israel's history into straight prose that sparkles with clarity. This new edition, carefully revised by David F. Payne, includes new material and a revised bibliography., The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small.F. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of this history, nearly fourteen hundred years from the exodus to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, into straight prose that sparkles with clarity. More than half of the book is devoted to the postexilic history of Israel, the "intertestamental" period and the first-century history that forms the backdrop of the New Testament.First published in 1963, Israel and the Nations has achieved wide recognition as an excellent introduction to the history of Israel. This new edition, carefully revised by David F. Payne, includes some new material and a revised bibliography., The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small. F. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of this history, nearly fourteen hundred years from the exodus to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, into straight prose that sparkles with clarity. More than half of the book is devoted to the postexilic history of Israel, the "intertestamental" period and the first-century history that forms the backdrop of the New Testament. First published in 1963, Israel and the Nations has achieved wide recognition as an excellent introduction to the history of Israel. This new edition, carefully revised by David F. Payne, includes some new material and a revised bibliography.
LC Classification NumberDS118.B75 1998