Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
  • Introduction / Lester L. Grabbe
  • The Late Bronze Age : If We Had Only the Bible... / Lester L. Grabbe
  • PART TWO: ARTICLES
  • Canaan in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age from an Egyptian Perspective / Meindert Dijkstra
  • Canaan under the Rule of the Egyptian New Kingdom : From the Hyksos to the Sea Peoples / Lester L. Grabbe
  • Poor by Necessity or by Choice? : Ancient Israelite Egalitarianism / Philippe Guillaume
  • Land Tenure, Ideology, and the Emergence of Ancient Israel : A Conversation with Philippe Guillaume / Raz Kletter
  • The Impact of the Late Bronze III Period on the Origins of Israel / Ernst Axel Knauf
  • International Diplomacy in the Amarna Age / Andrew D.H. Mayes
  • The Amarna Letters and Palestinian Politics / Niels Peter Lemche
  • The Archaeology of the Late Bronze Age in Palestine / Eveline Van Der Steen
  • PART THREE: CONCLUSION
  • Reflections on the Discussion / Lester L. Grabbe.