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Contents

Prologue: In the Days of King Josiah
Introduction: Archaeology and the Bible

PART ONE
The Bible as History?

1. Searching for the Patriarchs
2. Did the Exodus Happen?
3. The Conquest of Canaan
4. Who Were the Israelites?
5. Memories of a Golden Age?

PART TWO
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Israel

6. One State, One Nation, One People? (C. 930-720 BCE)
7. Israel's Forgotten First Kingdom (884-842 BCE)
8. In the Shadow of Empire (842-720 BCE)

PART THREE
Judah and the Making of Biblical History

9. The Transformation of Judah (C. 930-705 BCE)
10. Between War and Survival (705-639 BCE)
11. A Great Reformation (639-586 BCE)
12. Exile and Return (586-C. 440 BCE)

Epilogue: The Future of Biblical Israel

Appendix A: Theories of the Historicity

of the Patriarchal Age

Appendix B: Searching for Sinai

Appendix C: Alternative Theories of the Israelite Conquest

Appendix D: Why the Traditional Archaeology of the

Davidic and Solomonic Period Is Wrong

Appendix E: Identifying the Era of Manasseh

in the Archaeological Record

Appendix F: How Vast Was the Kingdom of Josiah?

Appendix G: The Boundaries of the Province of Yehud

Bibliography

Index