Dawn of Israel

In this companion volume to his bestselling Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? Lester L. Grabbe provides the background history of the main ancient Near Eastern peoples and empires: Babylonia, Assyria, Urartu, Hittites, Amorites, Egyptians.

Grabbe''s focus is on Palestine/Canaan and covers the early second millennium, including the Middle Bronze Age and the Second Intermediate...