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Ancient Canaan and Israel

New Perspectives

ABC-CLIO’s

Understanding Ancient Civilizations

The Ancient Maya

The Ancient Greeks

The Aztecs

The Romans

Ancient Canaan and Israel

Forthcoming

The Ancient Celts

The Ancient Egyptians

Ancient Mesopotamia

The Incas

Ancient

Canaan

New Perspectives

JONATHAN M. GOLDEN

Santa Barbara, California

Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

and Israel

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Golden, Joseph, 1928–

Ancient Canaan and Israel : new perspectives / Jonathan M. Golden.

p. cm. — (Understanding ancient civilizations)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-57607-897-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-57607-898-1 (e-book)

1. Jews—History—1200–953 B.C. 2. Jews—History—953–586 B.C. 3. Jews—Politics

and government—To 70 A.D. 4. Jews—Social life and customs. 5. Canaanites—

History. 6. Palestine—History—To 70 A.D. I. Title. II. Series.

DS121.55.G57 2004

933—dc22

2004009633

08 07 06 05 04 10987654321

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