Discovering the Biblical world /

Discovering the Biblical world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Frank, Harry Thomas.
Imprint:	Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond ; distributed by Harper & Row, New York, 1974, ©1975.
Description:	277 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- History of Biblical events. Bible -- History of contemporary events. Bible. History of Biblical events. History of contemporary events.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13189669

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ISBN:	0060630140 9780060630140
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 277) and index. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	Examines the geography, artifacts, and contemporary populations of the sites of such biblical events as the Hebrew Exodus and the ministry of Jesus.
Other form:	Online version: Frank, Harry Thomas. Discovering the Biblical world. Maplewood, N.J. : Hammond ; distributed by Harper & Row, New York, 1974, ©1975

Table of Contents:

Recovery of ancient life
Holy land horizons
Israel's earliest memories
Life in ancient Canaan
The exodus
Settlement in Canaan
The founding of the Israelite state
Israel's golden age
The two kingdoms
The end of Israel and Judah
Exile and restoration
Wars and rumors of wars
The Roman East and Herod the Great
Scrolls from the wilderness of Judea
Jesus
The first century as Christian history
The later Herods and the beginnings of revolt
Judaea Capta
Aftermath.