A very active member of the cole Biblique et Arch ologique Fran aise de J rusalem that has done so much to introduce historical criticism into the believer's reading of the Scriptures, tienne Nodet proposes here a beautiful history book. Certainly, in putting forward to the general public an accessible synthesis of scholarly and dense works carried out successfully in these recent years, he spares the reader the ponderousness of a critical apparatus...