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• 1. The Ancient Near East and the Israelites 2. The Rise of Monarchy and the Two Kingdoms 3. Captivity and Return 4. From Herod to Rebellion 5. Jewry in Palestine and Babylonia 6. Judaism under Islam in the Middle Ages 7. Jews in Medieval Christian Europe 8. Medieval Jewish Thought 9. Western European Jewry in the Early Modern Period 10. Eastern European Jewry in the Early Modern Period 11. Jews in Europe in the 18th and 19th century 12. The Development of Reform Judaism 13. Jewry in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries 14. The Holocaust 15. Israel