The library is located on NW Columbia Avenue in downtown Lake City four blocks north of US 90 between Main Boulevard (US 41) and Marion Street (US 441).
West Branch Library
Phone:
(386) 758-1321
435 NW Hall of Fame Drive
Lake City, FL 32055
Sun - Mon.......Closed
Tues..............10 am - 8 pm
Wed -Thurs.....10 am - 6 pm
Fri -Sat..........10 am - 5 pm
Directions
The library is located off of US 90 on NW Hall of Fame Drive approximately one-half mile west of I-75.
Fort White Branch Library
Phone:
(386) 497-1108
17700 SW State Road 47
Fort White, FL 32038
Mon - Thurs.....10 am - 12:30 and 1:30 - 6 pm
Fri - Sat.......... 9 am - 12:30 and 1:30 - 5 pm
Sun.................Closed
Directions
The library is located on SR 47 in Fort White, across from Fort White High School and the Fort White Sports Complex.
The Ancestral Narratives: A Sea of Names and Places -- Tales of Origins and Heroes -- The Ancestral Narratives -- Precedents and Constitutional Experiences in the Ancestral Narratives -- Covenant Making -- Abram/Abraham Builds an Altar -- Abraham Purchases His Family Burial Plot -- Jacob Obtains the Covenantal Blessing -- Jacob Makes a Treaty with Laban -- The Israelites Move to the Delta Region of Lower Egypt (Goshen) -- Dealing with the Wealth of Names -- Exodus and Settlement Period -- Putting the Story Together -- Superpower Politics and Diplomacy -- Aids to Chronology and Historical Reconstruction -- Archaeological Data -- Precedents Important for Later History -- Early Monarchy Period (ca. 1030-900 B.C.E.) -- Judges Period as a Political Transition -- Saul and the Establishment of a Chiefdom -- David and the Kingdom of Israel -- Solomon and the Organization of a Monarchy -- Reconstruction of the Tenth-Century Monarchy -- Precedents Formed in the Early Monarchic Narrative -- Period of the Divided Kingdom (ca. 925-586 B.C.E.) -- Extrabiblical Sources and Historicity -- Division of the Kingdom -- Jeroboam's Sin and the Pattern of Leadership in Israel -- Dynastic Changes in the Northern Kingdom -- The Household of Omri -- The Eighth Century and the Mounting Assyrian Threat -- Judah Stands Alone (ca. 720-586 B.C.E.) -- Hezekiah's Reform -- The Last Days of Judah -- Josiah, Reform, and Disaster -- The Last Kings of Judah -- From Exile to Alexander (ca. 597-322 B.C.E.) -- Aftermath of 587 -- Those Who Remained Behind.
Summary:
"Matthews' A Brief History of Ancient Israel presents a concise history of Israel covering the ancestral period, conquest and settlement, the monarchy, and both the exilic and postexilic periods. Using supplemental figures and insets, the author concentrates on providing a cogent and condensed discussion of events. He examines historical geography, archaeological data, and, where relevant, comparative cultural materials from other ancient Near Eastern civilizations. With an accessible yet high-quality introduction, A Brief History of Ancient Israel will be of value to both students of the Old Testament and the scholars who teach them."--Jacket.