Israel: Ancient Kingdom or Late Invention?

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Israel, Ancient kingdom or late invention? / Daniel I. Block -- The value and limitations of the Bible and archaeology / Alan R. Millard -- Contextual criticism as a framework for biblical interpretation / John M. Monson -- North-West Semitic inscriptions and biblical interpretation / Joel Drinkard -- From Joseph to David : Mari and Israelite pastoral traditions / Daniel E. Fleming -- Major geographical issues in the accounts of the Exodus / James K. Hoffmeier -- Slavery and slave laws in ancient Hatti and Israel / Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. -- Were the Israelites really Canaanites? / Alan R. Millard -- Syria and the Bible : the Luwian connection / Richard S. Hess -- David and Solomon's Jerusalem : do the Bible and archaeology disagree? / Alan R. Millard -- Who were Israel's Transjordanian neighbors and how did they differ? / Gerald L. Mattingly -- Shalmaneser III and Israel / K. Lawson Younger, Jr. -- Did the Israelites really learn their monotheism in Babylon? / Simon J. Sherwin -- Did Persian Zoroastrianism influence Judaism? / Edwin M. Yamauchi -- Interpreting the Bible as an ancient eastern document / John H. Walton.