Illustrations of Old Testament History

Foreword page 7
The Babylonian Legend of the Flood 9
2 The `Amama Letters' and the Cities of Canaan 12
3 Hazor and the Conquests of Joshua i6
4 The Philistines 24
5 Canaanite Cult Figures 32
6 The Wisdom of Amenemope 34
7 Passing Children through the Fire of Moloch 37
8 Phoenician Tribute 39
9 The Ivory House of Ahab 42
lo Cherubim and the Temple of Solomon 44
II Shalmaneser III (859-824 B.c.) 46
12 The Homage of Jehu 48
13 Tiglath-Pileser III Invades Palestine 5o
:4 The Capture of Samaria (722 B.c.) 52
:5 Sennacherib and Hezekiah 56
:6 The Siege of Lachish 6o
The Tomb of Shebna, a Royal Steward 66
18 The Lachish Letters 68
19 The End of Assyria, the Fali of Nineveh, and the Capture
of Jerusalem 70
20 The Accession of Cyrus the Mede 76
21 Darius, the Great King, and the Palace of Shushan 78
The Dead Sea Scrolls 8o
Reminiscences of the Temple of Herod: The Ossuary of
Nicanor 83
Bibliography 87