TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merrill, Eugene H.
TI  - Kingdom of priests: a history of Old Testament Israel 
SN  - 9780801031991
U1  - 221.95/MER 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - History of Biblical events
KW  - Jews
KW  -  history
KW  -  to AD 70
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents : 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
ER  -