Exemplary in its Category
Ancient Israel's History by
An up-to-date review of the questions and evidence surrounding the study of the Old Testament and the history it describes.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land by
An excellent survey by various scholars with outstanding color images.
Other Titles
A History of Israel by
Standard of the last generation, heir of the Albright school.
Beyond the Texts by
A remarkable and current synthesis of relevant archaeological data and its application of ancient Israel’s history.
The Legacy of Israel in Judah's Bible by
A significant, methodological rethinking of Israel’s history.
A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, 2nd ed. by
An updating of a classic critical study.
A Biblical History of Israel 2nd Edition by
An Evangelical historiography.
In the first decade of the twenty-first century a series of symposia by Evangelical (and other) Old Testament historians explored the current state of the field with special concern to answer recent challenges to the authenticity of biblical, historical claims. Some of the most important of these papers have appeared in the following four volumes:
Israel : ancient kingdom or late invention? by 
Critical Issues in Early Israelite History by 
The Future of Biblical Archaeology: Reassessing Methodologies and Assumptions by 
Windows into Old Testament history : evidence, argument, and the crisis of "biblical Israel" by 
Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? by
A study of historical and introductory issues in light of current research and challenges.
The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings by
Remains the most convincing interpretation of the chronology of the monarchy. A digital copy is in the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/mysteriousnumber0000thie