Power, politics, and the making of the Bible : an introduction / Robert B. Co…

Content: I. What is the Bible? -- II. People of Palestine? -- III. Israel before the Bible -- IV. David begins the Bible -- V. Solomon and the temple -- VI. Revolutions in Israel -- VII. Great estates -- VIII. The Iron Empire -- IX. Josiah and the Deuteronomists -- X. Babylonian rulers and the court in exile -- XI. Persian rulers and the new temple -- XII. Greek rulers and Rome's hasmoneans -- …