The World History of the Jewish People

13th century according Aharoni Alalakh Amurru Ancient East ANET apparently BASOR Benjamin Beth-shean Bible biblical Book of Judges border Bronze Period Canaan Canaanite century B.C.E. Chron cities Code of Hammurabi concept connected conquest covenant cultic Deut divine Egypt Egyptian Encyclopaedia Biblica evidence Exodus father Galilee genealogical lists Gideon Gilead Hazor Hebrew Hezron hill-country of Ephraim historical Hittite ibid idem inheritance inscription Israel Israelite tribes Jerusalem Jordan Josh Joshua king Kingdom Lachish land Late Bronze Age law concerning Levites Lord Machir Maisler Mazar Malamat Manasseh Megiddo mentioned Mer-ne-Ptah Midianites Moab monarchy monotheism Moses nation nomadic Palestine Patriarchs Pentateuch pentateuchal laws Philistines priest prophet punishment Ramses Ramses III reference religion religious rule ruler scholars Sea-Peoples seer seer-priest settled settlement Shechem Shiloh sons sources story tablet Tell temple towns tradition Transjordan tribal league tribal regime Ugarit Valley W. F. Albright