Translation of Erets-Yiśraʼel bi-teḳufat ha-Miḳra

Pt. 1: Introductory survey -- The general setting: The bridge between continents and civilizations;The table of nations; Between sea and desert; The geological foundations; The pastoral-agrarian economy -- The land of many contrasts -- The coastal zone; The plain of Acco; The Jezreel Valley; The Sharon; The Philistine coast; The Shephelah; The Western Negeb -- The Central Mountain Range: Galilee; Mount Ephraim; The Judean hill country; The Eastern Negeb -- The Jordan Rift: The Huleh Valley; Chinnereth; The Jordan Valley; The Dead Sea; The Arabah -- The Transjordanian Highlands: Bashan; GIlead; Moab; Edom -- Roads and highways -- International highways: The way of the sea; The King's highway -- Internal roads: In the Negeb; In Judah; In the hill country of Ephraim; In Galilee -- In Transjordan -- Boundaries and names -- The land of Canaan -- The land of Israel -- The historical sources -- The Bible: Historical-geographical descriptions; Administrative territorial lists; Expeditions and conquests -- Epigraphal documents: Egyptian sources; Mesopotamian sources; Palestinian sources -- The contribution of archaeology: Excavation; Surveys -- The study of toponymy -- The continuity of ancient sites -- The origin of place names and their meanings -- The original form of the name -- Preservation of the name -- Transference of names -- Principles of identification -- Pt. 2: Palestine during the ages -- The Canaanite period -- The Proto-historic period -- The Amorite wave -- The Execration texts -- The Hyksos period -- The rise of the new Egyptian empire -- The campaigns of Thut-Mose III -- The campaigns of Amen-Hotep II -- The El-Amarna period -- The campaigns of Seti I -- The reigns of Ramses II and Merneptah -- Israelite conquest and settlement : First stages of penetration -- The Exodus and the desert wanderings -- The conquest of Transjordan -- The house of Joseph -- Judah -- The wars in the North -- The list of Canaanite kings -- The limits of Israelite occupation -- Settlement in the hill country -- Occupation and movement of tribes and clans -- The tribal league and its border description -- The cities of Simeon -- The deeds of the judges -- The Philistines -- The United Monarchy -- Saul -- The campaigns of David -- The kingdom at the height of its expansion: The Davidic census; The city lists of Simeon and Dan -- The Levitical cities -- Growth and development of the Solomonic kingdom -- Solomon's administrative districts -- The kingdoms Of Israel And Judah -- The House of Jeroboam and Baasha -- Shishak's campaign: Towns in central Palestine; Negeb settlements -- Rehoboam's fortresses -- The Omride dynasty -- Wars with Aram and Assyria -- The rebellion of Moab under Mesha -- The house of Jehu and the last days of the Israelite kingdom -- The districts of Judah -- The Samaria ostraca -- Tiglath-Pileser III's campaigns and the fall of Israel -- The latter days of the Judean kingdom -- Sennacherib's campaign -- The royal seal impressions and their geographical-administrative significance -- The last kings of Judah -- Exile And restoration : The Babylonian kingdom -- The period of Persian rule

Here, assembled for the first time between two covers, are all available records and geographical descriptions of Palestine in the Canaanite and Israelite periods. The Hebrew (Biblical and extra-Biblical), Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian and other sources are described and critically evaluated in the light of archaeology, and with a view to summarizing the vast amount of literature up to now scattered among numerous books and journals