The World History of the Jewish People

12th century according Aharoni Alalakh 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 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 Judah king Kingdom Lachish land Late Bronze Age law concerning Levites Lord Machir Maisler Mazar Malamat Manasseh Megiddo mentioned Mer-ne-Ptah Midianites military Moab monarchy Moses nation nomadic northern Palestine Patriarchs Pentateuch Philistines priest prophet Ramses Ramses III reference religion religious rule ruler scholars Sea-Peoples seer seer-priest settled settlement Shechem Shiloh sons sources story tablet Tell temple Tjeker towns tradition Transjordan tribal league tribal regime Ugarit Valley W. F. Albright