PART IV. ISRAEL PAGE INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. ISRAEL AS A WORLD INFLUENCE. By Bernhard Stade 1 A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF ISRAELITIC HISTORY TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM 4 HEBREW HISTORY IN OUTLINE (1180 B.C.-70 A.D.) 30 CHAPTER I LAND AND PEOPLE 45 The land, 46. The people, 48. CHAPTER II ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY (2300-1200 B.C.) 56 The age of the patriarchs, 57. Early movements of the Israelites, 57. The Egyptian sojourn, 58. Biblical account of Moses and the Exodus, 61. Israel’s early neighbours, 63. The conquest of Canaan, 66. CHAPTER III THE JUDGES (1200-1020 B.C.) 72 CHAPTER IV SAMUEL AND SAUL (1020 B.C.-1002 B.C.) 77 Samuel and Saul, 78. The rise of David, 79. David in revolt against Saul, 80. The death of Saul and the struggle for the succession, 83. David secures the crown, 85. CHAPTER V DAVID’S REIGN (1002-970 B.C.) 86 David’s greatness in time of peace, 89. Further wars break out, 91. David and Absalom, 93. Renan’s estimate of David, 98. CHAPTER VI SOLOMON IN HIS GLORY (970-930 B.C.) 99 The early years of Solomon’s reign, 100. CHAPTER VII DECAY AND CAPTIVITY (930-586 B.C.) 106 The schism of the Ten Tribes, 106. The Moabite stone, 109. Destruction of the two kingdoms, 113. The Babylonian Captivity, 118. CHAPTER VIII THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY (586-415 B.C.) 122 The prophecy of the return, 122. The condition of the exiles, 125. The coming of Cyrus, 126. The return to Jerusalem, 127. The walls upraised again, 130. CHAPTER IX FROM NEHEMIAH TO ANTIOCHUS (415-166 B.C.) 133 Under Persian rule, 133. Persian influences on Jewish religion, 134. Alexander the Great, 134. Under the Seleucids, 135. The Syrian dominion; Antiochus the Great, 138. Antiochus Epiphanes, 139. Jason and Antiochus torment the people, 140. CHAPTER X THE MACCABÆAN WAR (166-142 B.C.) 147 Independence, 156. CHAPTER XI FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE ROMANS (135-4 B.C.) 159 The warring sects, 160. Antipater, 163. Herod, 164.