The world from Abraham to Moses : prologue to the emergence of the biblical tradition -- Moses and the Exodus : the formative period of the biblical tradition -- The twelve-tribe federation : the adaptive period (I)-- Yahweh becomes king of Israel -- King David and the transition to monarchy : the adaptive period (II)-- the abdication of Yahweh -- The legacy of King Solomon : the traditional period (I)-- Yahwism versus Yahwisticism -- Josiah reforms the imperial religion : the traditional period (II)-- the troubling legacy of the monarchy -- Destruction and exile : the creative reform of Yahwism -- Jesus and the New Testament reformation : the renewal of an old faith.