A new standard reference on Old Testament history has arrived. People of the Old Testament World is the latest word on the people groups who interacted with Israel in the Hebrew Bible. Detailed accounts by specialists cover each people's origin, history, rulers, architecture, art, religion, and contacts with biblical Israel. New for this volume these thirteen essays provide the most comprehensive coverage of what is known about these civilizations, including developments and theories that have emerged since 1973, when the previous standard in the field, D.J. Wiseman's People of Old Testament Times, appeared.