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Ackerman, Susan. Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel. Yale Univ (2022)

Ben-Tor, Amnon. Who Destroyed Canaanite Hazor? Biblical Archaeology Review 39, no. 4 (2013): 28–36, 58–59.

Bechar, Shlomit. Who Lived at Hazor? Biblical Archaeology Review 49, no. 1 (2023): 50–53

Bialik, Hayim Nahman and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitsky. The Book of Legends: Sefer Ha-Aggadah. Schoken Books (New York 1992)

Borowski, Oded. Daily Life in Biblical Times. Society of Biblical Literature (Atlanta, 2003)

Breyer, Paul. Warfare in the Ancient World. Raintree, Steck-Vaughn (Austin TX 1999)

Exodus Evidence: An Egyptologist Looks at Biblical History. Biblical Archaeology Review 42, no. 3 (2016): 31–37.

Biblical Archaeology Society. Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus. BAS (Washington DC 2012)

Booth, Charlotte. Ancient Egypt as it Was. Lyons Press (Guilford CT 2011)

Bryce, Trevor. Warriors of Anatolia: A Concise History of the Hittites. Bloomsbury Academic (London 2019)

Carasik, Michel. The Commentators’ Bible (Miqra’ot Gedolot). Jewish Publication Society (Philadelphia 2011)

Cline, Eric H. 1177 B.C. The Years Civilization Collapsed. Princeton University (Princeton 2021)

Cotterell, Arthur. Where War Began. Stackpole Books (Essex. CT 2022)

Dever, William G. “How to Tell a Canaanite from an Israelite.” The Rise of Ancient Israel. Ed. Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991. 27–60.

deVaux, Roland. Ancient Israel: Vol 1 Social Institutions. McGraw-Hill (New York, 1961)

Dever, William G. Has Archaeology Buried the Bible? Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, 2020).

Dever, William G. The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel. Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, 2012)

Dospel, Marek and Glenn Corbett, Ed. Biblical Peoples: The World of Ancient Israel. Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington DC (2022)

Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn and Andrea L. Weiss, Ed. The Torah: A Woman’s Commentary. Women of Reform Judaism, URJ Press (New York, 2008)

Finkelstein, Israel and Neil Ashe Silberman, The Bible Unearthed. Simon and Schuster (New York 2002)

Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? Summit Books (New York, 1987)

Friedman, Richard Elliott. The Exodus: How it Happened and Why it Matters? Harper One (New York, 2017)

Fritz, Volkmar, “Israelites and Canaanites,” Biblical Archaeology Review 28, no. 4 (2002): 28–31, 63.

Gafney, Wilda C. Womanist Midrash. A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press (Louisville KY, 2017)

Halpern, Baruch. “The Exodus from Egypt: Myth or Reality?” The Rise of Ancient Israel. Ed. Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991. 87–117.

Hoyland, Robert and H.G.M. Williamson, Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land. [Oxford Univ, 2018]

Henriksen Galloway, Kristine. Growing Up in Ancient Israel. SBL Press (Atlanta, 2018)

Keohane, Alan. Bedouin nomads of the desert. Kyle Cathe Ltd (London 2008)

King, Philip J. and Lawrence E. Stager. Life in Biblical Israel. Westminster John Knox Press (London, 2001)

MacDonald, Nathan. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times. Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, 2008)

Matthews, Victor. Manners and Customs in the Bible. Hendricksons (Peabody, 1988)

Matysak, Philip. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World. Thames & Hudson (2020)

Manning, Sturt W., Cindy Kocik, Brita Lorentzen & Jed P. Sparks. “Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 BC,” Nature 614, (2023): 719–724.

McCarter, P. Kyle. “The Origins of Israelite Religion.” The Rise of Ancient Israel. Ed. Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991. 119–141.

Meyers, Carol, Ed. Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, etc. Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 2000)

Najjar, Mohammad and Thomas E. Levy. “Condemned to the Mines,” Biblical Archaeology Review 37.6 (2011): 30–39.

Morkot, Robert G. The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare. Scarecrow Press (Toronto, 2010)

Sidebottom, Harry. Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction. (Oxford Univ, 2004)

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Shanks, Hershel. “Defining the Problems: Where We Are in the Debate.” The Rise of Ancient Israel. Ed. Hershel Shanks. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, (1991). 1–25.

Ussishkin, David. Lily Singer-Avitz, and Hershel Shanks. “Kadesh-Barnea—In the Bible and on the Ground,” Biblical Archaeology Review 41, no. 5 (2015): 36, 44.

White, Ellen. Who Were the Hittites? Archaeology and the Bible give different answers. Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society, Sept 2023.

Wiesel, Elie. Aaron in the Bible. Bible Review’s Supporting Roles. Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society, June, 2023.

Wiesel, Elie. Joshua in the Bible. Bible Review’s Supporting Roles. Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society, Oct 5, 2023.

Written fiction resources

Andrews, Mesu. Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile Novel – March 2016

Cossette, Connilyn. Counted With the Stars (Out From Egypt Book #1) -April 2016

Cossette, Connilyn. Shadow of the Storm (Out From Egypt Book #2) - Oct 2016

Cossette, Connilyn. Wings of the Wind (Out From Egypt Book #3) - Oct 2017

Craig, Naomi. Rahab’s Courage (Yahweh’s Legacy) – Aug 2021

Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent. Picador USA (New York, 1997)

Sanderson, Brandon. The Way of Kings. TOR Fantasy (New York, 2010)

Sidebottom, Harry. Warrior of Rome: Lion of the Sun. Penguin (London, 2010)

Smith, Jill Eileen. Miriam’s Song (Heart of a King) – 2021

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