Contents :

Part One : The Dawn of Israel
1. The Proto-History o Israel : A Study in Method
2. Mari and Early Israel
3. Pre-Monarchical Social Institutions in Israel in the Light of Mari
4. Tribal Societies : Biblical Genealogies and African Lineage Systems

Part Two :
5. The Exodus : Egyptian Analogies
6. Conquest of Canaan : Israelite Conduct of War
According to Biblical Tradition
7. The Period of the Judges
7a. Appendix : The Punishment by Gideon of Succoth and Penuel; in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Treaties
8. Charismatic Leadership in the Book of Judges
9. The Danite-Migration and the Pan-Israelite
Exodus-Conquest : A Biblical Narrative Pattern

Part Three : The Rise of the Davidic Dynasty
10. A Political Look at the Kingdom of David and Solomon and its Relation with Egypt
11. Aspects of the Foreign Policies of David and Solomon
12. Naamah, The Ammonite Princess, King Solomon's Wife
13. Organs of Statecraft in the Israelite Monarchy

Part Four : Twilight of Judah and the Destruction of the First Temple
14. The Historical Background of the Assassination of Amo, King of Judah
15. Josiah's Bid for Armageddon : The Background of the Judean-Egyptian Encounter in 609 B.C
16. The Twilight of Judah : In the Egyptian--Babylonian Maelstrom
17. The Kingdom of Judah between Egypt and Babylon : A Small State within a Great Power Confrontation

Part Five : Historical Episodes in the Former Prophets and in the Prophetical Books
18. Doctrines of Causality in Hittite and Biblical Historiography : A Parallel
19. Military Rationing in Papyrus Anastasi I and the Bible
20. Foot-Runners in Israel and Egypt in the Third Intemediate Period
21. Amos 1:5 in the Light of the Til Barsip inscriptions
22. The Historical Background of Two Prophecies of the Nations
23. Jeremiah and the Last Two Kings of Judah

Exercus
24. Longevity : Biblical Concepts and Some Ancient Near Eastern Parallels
25. You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
A Case of Misinterpretation?
26. Distant Lands and Cities as a Specific Category in International Relations in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East