The Book of Kings is the most important source of Jewish history in the First Temple Period. This commentary is intended for Hebrew readers – scholars, university students, high school students, their teachers, and Bible lovers. These readers, whose mother tongue is Hebrew, are inherently close to the source language, and can benefit from a deep understanding of the research.

The twenty-five new studies in this volume present the reader with an up-to-date picture of some of the issues and the methodologies that engage scholars of the Ancient Near East. These essays reflect the broad span of the field, both geographically and chronologically, from Sumerian texts of the third millennium BCE, to the town of Nuzi in Iraqi Kurdistan in the mid-second millennium, from there to inquiries into Assyrian and Babylonian documents and inscriptions, as well as into recently recovered Aramaic ostraca from Idumea in southern Israel dating to the fourth century BCE. Rounding off this varied and rich collection are several investigations concerning Ancient Israel and biblical matters. Specialists from Israel, Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan have joined together in this volume to honor Israel Eph'al, professor emeritus of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, whose many scholarly achievements are hereby noted.

This is another volume in the series Mikra Leyisrael Commentary on the bible. This volume includes the books of Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah, three of the prophets from the book of Trei Asar. The volume is comprised of three seperate books made up into one book.

This book contains thirty essays on Ancient Near Eastern History and Historiography, spanning the entire range of Mesopotamian history, from Sumer to the Persian Empire. Hitherto unpublished texts, as well as others long known, are investigated anew. The majority of these studies are devoted to the Neo-Assyrian period, the research focus of Hayim Tadmor, to whom this volume is dedicated.