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Covering the time span from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the eminent Egyptologist Donald Redford explores three thousand years of uninterrupted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land-bridge. In the vivid and lucid style that we expect from the author of the popular Akhenaten, Redford presents a sweeping narrative of the love-hate relationship between the peoples of ancient Israel/Palestine and Egypt.
List of contents
List of Illustrations and Tables Ch. 2Upper and Lower Egypt and the Walled Towns of Asia Ch. 3"Lo, the Vile Asiatic!" Ch. 4"Trampling the Foreign Lands": Egypt and Asia during the Middle Kingdom Ch. 5The Hyksos in Egypt Pt. 2The Egyptian Empire in Asia Ch. 7The Empire of the New Kingdom Ch. 8Asia in Egypt: Mosaic, Not Melting Pot Pt. 3The Great Migrations Ch. 10"These are the Bene-Yisrael...," Pt. 4Egypt and the Hebrew Kingdoms Ch. 12Egypt and Israel in the World of Assyria Ch. 13Specter or Reality? The Question of Egyptian Influence on Israel of the Monarchy Ch. 14Four Great Origin Traditions Ch. 15Egypt and the Fall of Judah Epilogue Index
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Donald B. Redford
Summary
Covering the time span from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the eminent Egyptologist Donald Redford explores three thousand years of uninterrupted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land-bridge. In the vivid and lucid style that we expect from the author of the popular Akhenaten, Redford presents a sweeping narrative of the love-hate relationship between the peoples of ancient Israel/Palestine and Egypt.
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"In his ability to understand the fragmentary data of ancient history, and in constructive use of imagination, Redford has few equals in the field. . . . One of the finest histories of the ancient Near East."
