The pre-history of biblical Israel -- From Merenptah to Ramses -- From Ephraim to Mamre -- From Saul to Jeroboam I -- From Omri to Jeroboam II -- From Tiglath-Pileser to Ashurbanipal -- From Nabopolassar to Nebuchadnezzar -- The formation of biblical Israel -- From Nebuchadnezzar to Xerxes I -- From Artaxerxes I to Ptolemy I -- Disintegration of biblical Israel -- From Ptolemy II to Antiochus III -- From Antiochus III to Salome Alexandra -- "Pax" Romana and Jewish wars.