The formation of the Pentateuch
Primeval history (Genesis 4-11)
The Promised Land : geography, history, and ideology
The ancestors of Israel (Genesis 12-50)
Escape from Egypt (Exodus 1-15)
From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 16-24)
Law and ritual (Exodus 20.22-23.33 and 25-40)
Ritual and holiness (Leviticus)
In the wilderness (Numbers)
The end of the journey to the Promised Land (Deuteronomy)
Joshua and the conquest of the Land of Canaan (Joshua)
The emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan (Judges and Ruth)
The establishment of the monarchy (1 Samuel)
The reign of David (2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and Psalm 132)
The reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89)
The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the late tenth to the early eighth centuries BCE (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14)
The northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BCE (2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea)
The kingdom of Judah in the eighth and early seventh centuries BCE (2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah)
Judah in the seventh century BCE : the end of Assyrian domination (2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Zephaniah, Nahum, and the prayer of Manasseh)
The fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23.31-25.30, 2 Chronicles 36, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and the letter of Jeremiah)
After the fall : Jews in Judah and Babylon (Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel)
Return from exile (Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35, and 40-55)
The early restoration (Ezra 3-6, 1 Esdras, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8, and Isaiah 56-66)
Judah in the fifth century BCE (Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Isaiah 24-27, Zechariah 9-14, Joel, Malachi, and 2 Esdras)
History rewritten (1-2 Chronicles)
The consolidation of traditions (Psalms and Proverbs)
Dissidents and lovers (Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon)
Encounters with the Greeks (1-2 Maccabees, Baruch, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and 4 Maccabees)
Heroes under foreign rulers (Jonah, Esther, additions to Esther, Judith, Tobit, 3 Maccabees, Daniel, and additions to Daniel).
