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Critical issues in early Israelite history / edited by Richard S. Hess, Gerald A. Klingbeil, and Paul J. Ray Jr. - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, c2008. - 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 3 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-312) and indexes.

The rhetorical structuring of the Joshua conquest narratives / K. Lawson Younger Jr -- The Jericho and Ai of the book of Joshua / Richard S. Hess -- Merenptah's reference to Israel: critical issues for the origin of Israel / Michael G. Hasel -- The Persian period and the origins of Israel: beyond the myths / Efraín Velázquez -- Classical models for the appearance of Israel in Palestine / Paul J. Ray Jr -- The appearance of Israel in Canaan in recent scholarship / Patrick Mazani -- Between North and South: the archaeology of religion in late Bronze Age Palestine and the period of the settlement / Gerald A. Klingbeil -- The context of early Israel viewed through the archaeology of northern Mesopotamia and Syria / Mark W. Chavalas -- The survey of Manasseh and the origin of the central hill country settlers / Ralph K. Hawkins -- Israelite settlement at the margins of the northern hill country: connections to Joshua and Judges from Tell Dothan / Daniel M. Master -- Rewriting Philistine history: recent trends in Philistine archaeology and biblical studies / Steven M. Ortiz -- The search for Joshua's Ai / Bryant G. Wood.

ISBN: 9781575068046 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008040324

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Old Testament--Antiquities--Congresses.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bronze age--Palestine--Congresses.
Iron age--Palestine--Congresses.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine--Congresses.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Palestine--Antiquities--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: DS111 / .C75 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 221.9/5