PATRIARCHS [The World History of the Jewish People; First Series: Ancient Times (Patriarchs and Judges). Volume II--Part 1] by Benjamin Mazar, Editor - 1970

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1970. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto, 10 1/2" tall, 306 pages, blue cloth, map endpapers, b&w illustrations. A very good+, clean, hardcover with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding solid, paper cream white with light yellowing to page edges. In a very good dust jacket with minor edge wear and rubbing, and with original price. "A detailed scholarly consideration of every known aspect of the first period of recorded Jewish history. The twelve chapters cover far more than the short chronicle (Chapters 12 through 50 of Genesis) usually associated with the Patriarchs. It covers instead the entire period recorded in...the first five books of the Bible. In historical terms, this means the Second Millenium B.C., and includes the...neighboring cultures of Egypt, Babylonia, and Assyria....." More than 100 illustrations. First published by Jewish History Publications in Israel, 1961.