Several of the resources listed in the boxes on this page provide some overlap in the kind of content provided in terms of background/ culture/daily life in Ancient Israel, as is the case also as far as what the "archaeology" books inform us about the history and material culture/daily life in Ancient Israel and the Levant. See also the pages linked under the Commentaries tab on this research guide as those pages each also list a curated collection of monographs in addition to commentaries, some of which might deal with relevant background and/or history.