This volume provides information on the major peoples mentioned in the Old Testament as the neighbours or conquerors of Israel and JudahCanaanites, Amorites, and Egyptians; Philistines, Arameans, and Moabites; Assyrians and Babylonians; Hittites, Hurrians, Phoenicians, Arabs, Ethiopians, and Persians. Studies based on the history, religion, customs, and literature of these peoples are contributed by specialists, using mainly contemporary sources; notes and bibliographies and provided. The book will serve as a reference and text book for religious and historical studies, valuable equally to teachers and students.

This volume provides information on the major peoples mentioned in the Old Testament as the neighbours or conquerors of Israel and JudahCanaanites, Amorites, and Egyptians; Philistines, Arameans, and Moabites; Assyrians and Babylonians; Hittites, Hurrians, Phoenicians, Arabs, Ethiopians, and Persians. Studies based on the history, religion, customs, and literature of these peoples are contributed by specialists, using mainly contemporary sources; notes and bibliographies and provided. The book will serve as a reference and text book for religious and historical studies, valuable equally to teachers and students.