Bibliography: p. 241-242.

Israel's beginnings -- The Philistines and the Hebrew monarchy -- The reign of David -- Solomon and his successors -- The house of Omri -- The Syrian wars and the rise of the prophets -- Decline and fall of the northern kingdom -- Hezekiah and the Assyrian peril -- Apostasy and reformation -- Last days of the kingdom of Judah -- The exile -- When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion -- The people of the law -- The Jews in the Persian empire -- The He- Goat from the west -- Oniads and Tobiads -- The little horn -- The abomination of desolation -- The Hasmonaean resistance -- Judas Maccabaeus -- Indepemdece won -- The Hasmonaean dynasty -- The Roman conquest -- The reign of Herod -- The songs of Herod and the early procurators -- Herod Agrippa and the Jews -- Troubles multiply in Judaea -- The war with Rome and the end of the second temple.

The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small.[This book covers] nearly fourteen hundred years from the exodus to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.