384 Pages
by
Routledge
452 Pages
by
Routledge
This classic book, extensively revised in 1979, includes the most important archaeological discoveries of that time made regarding both the pre-biblical and biblical history of Palestine. The earliest archaeological finds in Palestine reveal man’s presence as early as 9000 B.C., about 6000 years before early biblical history is established. This early phase of human activity was first defined by... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction: The Setting of Palestine in the History of the Near East 2. The Beginnings of Settled Life 3. From the First Settlements to the Beginnings of Civilization 4. The Proto-Urban Period 5. The City States of the Early Bronze Age 6. The Arrival of the Amorites 7. The Middle Bronze Age and the Hyksos 8. The Late Bronze Age and the Coming of the Israelites 9. The Philistines and the Beginnings of the Early Iron Age 10. The United Monarchy 11. The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah 12. The Fall of the Hebrew Kingdoms and the Post-Exilic Period
Biography
Kathleen M. Kenyon
