Richard Howard Page (1943-1994) served as an associate professor of history at Ambassador University from 1973-1990. He participated in AU's involvement in excavations at the south Temple Mount directed by Benjamin Mazar and at the City of David directed by Yigal Shiloh.
The table of contents below is only a rough summary of the course material . Since this course was given in a classroom setting with its time constraints, sometimes subject carried over to the start of the next lecture.
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1 - Overview Of The First Semester
2 - Archeology Methods
3 - Archeology Chronology
4 - Archeology Problems
5 - Historicity Of The Patriarches, part 1
6 - Historicity Of The Patriarches, Part 2
7 - Patriarchal Life, part 1
8 - Patriarchal Life, part 2
9 - Geography Of The Exodus
11 - Chronology Of The Exodus And conquest of Canaan, part 1
12 - Chronology Of The Exodus And conquest of Canaan, part 2
13 - Modern archeology and the Chronology of The Exodus And the Conquest
14 Modern archeology and the Chronology of The Exodus And the Conquest
15 Modern archeology and the Chronology of The Exodus And the Conquest
16 Modern archeology and the Chronology of The Exodus And the Conquest
17 The Tribal Society Of Israel After The Conquest
18 The legal system in the time of the judges
19 Overview of the period of the judges 20 Ehud and Deborah
21 Gideon And Jephthah
22 The Philistines
23 Sampson and Samuel
24 Saul
25 The First Division Of the Kingdom
26 David
27 David and Solomon
28 The final Division Of the Kingdom
29 The Early Kings Of The Two Nations
30 The decline of the Northern Kingdom, Ahab
31 Ahab and Jehu
32 The Prophet Amos
33 Assyrian Conflicts With Israel
34 Assyrian Conflicts With Judah
35 Hezekiah and Josiah
36 The Fall Of Judah
37 Overview of The Second Semester
38 The Return Of The Jews To Judea
39 The Return Of The Jews To Judea
40 The Chronology Of Ezra Chapter 4

41 Ezra Comes to Jerusalem
42 The Oral Law
43 The Legacy Of Ezra
44 Nehemiah
45 Chronology of Ezra And Nehemiah
46 Chronology of Ezra And Nehemiah
47 Not recorded
48 Judah Under The Ptolemies
49 Transition from Ptolemaic to Seleucid Rule 50 The Hellenistic Movement in Judaea
51 The Seleucid Persecution
52 The Book Of Daniel, Modern View
53 The Book Of Daniel, Traditional View
54 The Hasmonean Period
55 The Hasmonean Civil Wars
56 The Decline Of The Hasmonean State
57 The Identity Of Darius The Mede
58 Herod The Great
59 Judea In The Time Of Jesus
60 Judea In The Time Of Jesus
61 Religion In Judaea At The Time Of Jesus
62 Jesus And The Religious Teachings Of His Day
63 The Arrest And Trial Of Jesus
64 The Arrest And Trial Of Jesus
65 The Arrest And Trial Of Jesus
66 The Early Church
67 The Early Church