"Igor Tantlevskogo book covers the period of the history of ancient Israel and Judah from the beginning of the Jewish ethnic community arriving or forming in the land of Canaan around the XVIII century BC. before the fall of Jerusalem under the the Babylonians in 586 BC. and the forced relocation of Jews to Babylonia. The author aims to identify the actual historical events associated with the presence of Jews in Egypt and the Exodus, the conquest of Canaan and the era of the Judges, the formation of the Unified Kingdom of Israel and the existence of separate North (Israel) and southern (Judah) kingdoms. Correlating the biblical texts with the latest data of archeology and epigraphy of ancient Israel and Judah, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ugarit, other countries of ancient Asia Minor, he finds a key that allows you to separate legend from fact, and bit by bit to recreate the images of Moses and Saul, David and Solomon, the ancient the kings of Judah and Israel. Tantlevsky Igor (1961) is Professor, Head of Jewish culture, of St. Petersburg University." -- cataloger's translation of cover.