01235namaa2200217   450000100120000000300090001200500170002100800410003802000180007904000130009708200150011010000230012524500810014825000120022926000480024130000210028950400530031050505770036363000460094065000310098682067076707AU-EpEBC20111017203357.0080528t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780801031991  cAu-EpEBC00a221.95/MER0 aMerrill, Eugene H.10aKingdom of priests :ba history of Old Testament Israel /cEugene H. Merrill  a2nd ed.  aGrand Rapids, MI:bBaker Academic,cc. 2008  a555pbpbk,c23cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.  aContents : Recalling Israel's past: issues and strategies -- Origins -- The Exodus: birth of a nation -- The conquest and occupation of Canaan -- The era of the judges: covenant violation, anarchy, and human authority -- Saul: Covenant misunderstanding -- David: Covenant Kingship -- David: the years of struggle -- Solomon: From Pinnacle to peril -- The divided monarchy -- The dynasty of Jehu and contemporary Judah -- The rod of Yahweh: Assyria and divine wrath -- Fading hope: the disintergration of Judah -- The exile and the first return -- Restoration and new hope.  aBible.pO.T.yHistory of Biblical events.  aJewsx historyy to AD 70.