A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, Second Edition Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2006

This is the best you can hope for of ancient Israel. These scholars take you down an authentic path, free of evangelical bs.

Great book. It's well-written and very informative. If you're interested in ANE history, in general, or want a broader understanding of the historical context of the Bible, I'd highly recommend it

Interesting approach. Readable with a different method than some of the other authors on this topic. See Provan, Long, and Longman III (which is one of my favorite.

This is a wonderful resource. But the print is really too small for anyone over 40. Would be nice if future reprints enlarged the font. Bought it for my dad and he can't use it.

A very well-written book. I highly recommend!!!

Great book for learning about biblical Israel

Exactly as expected

In its first edition in the late 1980s, this textbook was one of the first to absorb and acknowledge the implications of archaeological studies in Syria-Palestine. It was one of the first to deny that the Biblical narratives had a unique and privileged place in reconstructing the history of Israel/Judah.The second edition has kept pace with current research, without being partisan in the many debates currently raging through Syrio-Palestinian archaeology and Israelite history.This is a definitive and comprehensive study, a major work of scholarship. Some other reviewers have chastised it for tedium. Well, yes, that charge can be laid against it, but really, what are these reviewers looking for? A comic strip history of Israel/Judah? Pop-up videos? Jokes? I've read a lot of academic works, and this one is by no means the driest I have read. Indeed, I find it fairly easy reading.The text is supplemented by many timelines and ancillary boxes, such as extensive quotes from Assyrian and Babylonian sources. The only let down are the maps, which are very poorly reproduced.This text is a standard in many bible study courses. I would recommended this to anyone wanting to read a comprehensive history with a progressive slant.For those who want a southern American Baptist alternative that politely but firmly declines to engage with all the archeaological advances made since 1950, and the literary-critical scholarship simce 1850, I would recommend Longman and Dillard's An Introduction to the Old Testament: Second Edition.