The World History of the Jewish People

12th century Abimelech according Alalakh Ammon Ammonites Ancient East apparently BASOR Benjamin Beth-shean Bible biblical Book of Judges border Canaan Canaanite century B.C.E. Chron cities connections conquest covenant cultic Deborah Deut divine Egypt Egyptian evidence Exodus father Galilee genealogical lists Gibeah Gideon Gilead Hazor Hebrew Hezron hill-country of Ephraim historical Hittite ibid inheritance inscription Israel Israelite tribes Issachar Jabbok Jephthah Jerusalem Jordan Josh Joshua Judah king Kingdom Lachish land Late Bronze Age law concerning Levites Lord Machir Malamat Manasseh Mazar Megiddo mentioned Midianites military Moab monarchy Moses Negev nomadic northern Palestine Patriarchs Pentateuch Philistines Plain of Jezreel priest prophet punishment Ramses Ramses III reference religion religious rule ruler Sea-Peoples seer seer-priest settled settlement Shechem Shiloh sons sources southern story Tell temple territory Tjeker towns tradition Transjordan tribal league tribal regime Ugarit Valley W. F. Albright