02739nam 22005894a 450 991045204920332120200520144314.01-280-46955-297866104695500-313-05189-5(CKB)1000000000451744(EBL)497452(OCoLC)61154123(SSID)ssj0000238454(PQKBManifestationID)11206734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238454(PQKBWorkID)10233086(PQKB)11448368(MiAaPQ)EBC497452(Au-PeEL)EBL497452(CaPaEBR)ebr10347033(CaONFJC)MIL46955(OCoLC)57426286(EXLCZ)99100000000045174420030331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise and fall of the ancient Israelite states[electronic resource] /Martin SickerWestport, Conn. Praeger20031 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98012-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-258) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Israelite History in Theopolitical Perspective; 2. The Geopolitical Setting; 3. The Israelite Conquest; 4. The Era of Tribal Confederacies; 5. From Confederacy to National State; 6. The Dual Monarchy: The Reign of David; 7. The Dual Monarchy: The Reign of Solomon; 8. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Israel; 9. Decline and Fall of the Kingdom of Judah; 10. The Aftermath; Selected Bibliography; IndexBy subjecting biblical writings to a political analysis, Sicker constructs a plausible political history of the ancient Israelite states that dealt with virtually every issue faced by governments throughout subsequent history. As he makes clear, the way they dealt with those issues, successfully or otherwise, is highly instructive and relevant to today's analysis of geopolitical issues.||Our knowledge of the political history of ancient Israel is almost exclusively dependent on the information that may be gleaned from biblical writings, which reflect a historiosophical perspective very differeJewsHistoryTo 586 B.CJewsKings and rulersElectronic books.JewsHistoryJewsKings and rulers.933Sicker Martin296234MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452049203321The rise and fall of the ancient Israelite states2259109UNINA