Ancient Israel

Download or read book Ancient Israel written by Roland De Vaux and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1997-03-25 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by many to be a modern classic, Ancient Israel offers a fascinating, full-scale reconstruction of the social and religious life of Israel in Old Testament times. Drawing principally on the text of the Old Testament itself, as well as from archaeological evidence and information gathered from the historical study of Israel's neighbors, de Vaux first provides an extensive introduction to the nomadic nature of life in ancient Israel and then traces in detail the developments of Israel's most important institutions--family, civil, military, and religious--and their influence on the nation's life and history.