History of Israel (8 vols.)

Written in two sections, this volume begins with a break-down of early sources for Israel’s History in section one. Section two outlines the preliminary history of Israel.

The time the Israelites spent in Egypt culturally influenced God’s people. Volume two expounds upon that idea and details Israel’s struggles first as slaves in Egypt, then as a People in exodus, led by Moses.

Saul, David, and Solomon were the first three monarchs of Israel. Ewald spends the third volume of History of Israel (8 vols.) detailing the reign of each of those monumental Biblical figures.

After the reign of Solomon, a long lineage of kings followed. From Jeroboam to Zedekiah, Ewald lays out the chronological history of the succession of Israel’s royalty and the effects each king had on Biblical history.

Volume 5 introduces Israel’s democratic transformation from a monarchy to hagiocracy. Touching on Biblical figures such as the prophet Ezra and cultural influences such as that of Greece and Rome, Ewald also discusses the Israel in the Persian Age at this point in his collection.

Entitled “The Life and Times of Christ,” this book covers just that. Volume 6 is a clear and detailed historical account of the Roman Empire during Christ's time as well as an outline of Christ’s life and works.

The Apostolic Age, the period from Christ’s death until the second destruction of Jerusalem, spans from 33 A.D. to 73 A.D. The formation of the first Church was during this timeframe, and is elaborated on in Volume 7 of Ewald’s historical collection.

Georg Heinrich Ewald wraps his 8-Volume set up with this last volume, containing a summarization of the Post-Apostolic Age. After the 365 page account of the Post-Apostolic Age, the volume ends with a chronological survey from the birth of Christ.