When Israel Was Young
A History of the Jewish People from the Beginnings to the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:30th Oct '25
£75.00
This title is due to be published on 30th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
An overview of the history of Israel from one of the world's leading ancient historians of this region.
Lester L. Grabbe provides a magnificent overview of the ancient history of this turbulent region in this comprehensive but readable study of Israel's origins. Grabbe engages in this fascinating history, which includes the first references to Israelites in an early Egyptian inscription, the kings of Israel, the Persian province of Yehud, the Greek and Roman rule of Judah, the kingdom of the Maccabees, and the Jewish diaspora in Babylonia and the Greco-Roman world.
Grabbe brings together all the historical information and synthesizes it in an understandable way for those with an interest in the early history, culture, and religion of the Jews. Grabbe also explains what has been discovered by archaeologists, Egyptologists, and Assyriologists that is important for understanding the history of ancient Israel. This is not a brief survey, rather an in-depth overview of the history of Israel from one of the most significant scholars of his generation. Serious readers of history and students alike will find this a helpful pathfinder through the history of one of the most fascinating and influential regions in the world.
The prolific Lester Grabbe had here drawn on a lifetime of his own research and writing to produce a sweeping survey of the history of the Jewish people from their origins through the Bar-Kochba revolt. Although the book is aimed primarily at a non-specialist readership, and is thus accessible and readable, it also contains numerous insights and arguments on controversial and disputed matters from which scholars will gain great profit. * Erich S. Gruen, University of California, USA *
Lester Grabbe has written an accessible, readable history of Israel, from emergence as a people in the 12th century BCE through the final revolt against Rome in the 2nd century CE. He puts the Hebrew Bible into ancient context, follows its narrative, explains its inconsistencies, and incorporates historical and archaeological evidence, while never losing the story’s rhythm or the reader’s attention. An engaging, authoritative read. * Andrea Berlin, Boston University, USA *
Lester Grabbe has published more volumes on the history of Ancient Israel than anyone I know of. It is a great pleasure to have it now all in one volume, and a very readable and accessible volume, too. * Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland *
ISBN: 9780567714329
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432 pages