Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.

Land 10 -- Mapping Biblical narratives 14 -- Historical geography and archaeology 16 -- Writing, archives, and libraries in the ancient Near East 20 -- Bible and ancient history 22 -- Pagan cults and religious practice 24 -- Routes and distances 26 -- Part 2 Patriarchs -- Hunters, farmers, and metalworkers 30 -- Noah's descendants 32 -- First cities 34 -- Abraham's migration 36 -- Wanderings and journeys of the patriarchs 38 -- Jacob and Joseph 40 -- Part 3 Egypt and the Exodus -- Egyptian expansion into Canaan 44 -- Ugarit - center of trade and influence 46 -- Amarna tablets and Sety l's campaigns 48 -- Ramesses II of Egypt in contest with the Hittite empire 50 -- Routes of a scribe and Pharaoh Merneptah 52 -- Canaan's trade with Mycenae and Cyprus 54 -- Changes beyond Israel's borders in the 13-12th centuries BC 56 -- Route of the Exodus 58 -- Part 4 Conquest and Occupation -- Conquests of Joshua in Canaan 62 -- Occupation of the land 66 -- Philistines 68 -- Age of the judges 70 -- Part 5 United Kingdom -- Saul's kingdom 74 -- David's rise to power 76 -- David's kingdom 78 -- Solomon's kingdom 80 -- Temples and shrines in Palestine 82 -- Solomon's Jerusalem 84 -- Israel's relationship with Phoenicia 86 -- Part 6 Divided Kingdom -- Kingdom divided 90 -- Shishak's invasion 92 -- Omri, Ahab, and Elijah 94 -- Israel and Moab 96 -- Israel's relations with Aram 98 -- Assyrians 100 -- Peace and prosperity under Jeroboam II 104 -- Assyrian sovereignty over Israel 106 -- Fall of Israel 108 -- Resurgence of Judah's power 110 -- Assyrian attacks on Philistia and Judah 112 -- Judah under Hezekiah and Manasseh 114 -- End of the Assyrian empire 116 -- Rise of Babylon 118 -- Reign of Josiah 120 -- Nebuchadnezzar and the fall of Jerusalem 122 -- Persian empire 124 -- Part 7 Between the Testaments -- Judah in the Hellenistic world 128 -- Judah and the Ptolemies 130 -- Seleucid empire 132 -- Maccabees 134 -- Jewish independence - the Hasmonaean monarchy 136 -- Development of the synagogue 138 -- Part 8 Palestine under the Romans -- Rome's expansion 142 -- Herodian kingdom 144 -- Jerusalem under Herod the Great 146 -- Dead Sea Scrolls and their writers 150 -- Roman rule after Herod 152 -- Galilee and the ministry of Jesus 154 -- Jesus' last days 156 -- Part 9 Early Church -- Jewish Diaspora 160 -- Jewish life in the Diaspora 162 -- Cities of Paul 164 -- Journeys of Paul 166 -- Part 10 Beyond the times of the Bible -- First Jewish Revolt 170 -- Second Jewish Revolt 172 -- Roman Palestine after the revolts 174 -- Growth of Christianity 176 -- Israel and Palestine today 178.