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Biblical History and Israel’s Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History is unavailable, but you can change that!

Although scholars have studied ancient Israel for centuries, their purpose has for much of that time been primarily to illuminate and clarify the biblical story. In Biblical History and Israel’s Past Megan Bishop Moore and Brad E. Kelle describe how scholars have increasingly begun in recent years to tell the story of ancient Israel and its neighbors on its own terms, using both biblical and...

kingdom is commonly referred to as Israel. Solomon’s son Rehoboam inherits a small kingdom, usually called Judah, ruled out of Jerusalem. Israel’s leadership changes from family to family for about two hundred years, and most of the rulers tolerate worship of gods other than Yahweh. Israel carries on a number of wars with neighboring entities, including Judah, before unsuccessfully challenging Assyrian hegemony in the area in the eighth century B.C.E. These wars form the backdrop for prophetic books
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