Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part One: Introduction and Background -- 1. Introduction - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK -- 2. The Late Bronze Age: If We Had Only the Bible - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK -- Part Two: Articles -- 3. Canaan in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age from an Egyptian Perspective - Meindert Dijkstra, University of Utrecht, Netherlands -- 4. Canaan under the Rule of the Egyptian New Kingdom: From the Hyksos to the Sea Peoples - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK -- 5. Poor by Necessity or by Choice? Ancient Israelite Egalitarianism - Philippe Guillaume, University of Bern, Switzerland -- 6. Land Tenure, Ideology, and the Emergence of Ancient Israel: A Conversation with Philippe Guillaume - Raz Kletter, University of Helsinki in Tallinn, Estonia -- 7. The Impact of the Late Bronze III Period on the Origins of Israel - Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland -- 8. International Diplomacy in the Amarna Age - Andrew D.H. Mayes, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland -- 9. The Amarna Letters and Palestinian Politics - Neils Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark -- 10. The Archaeology of the Late Bronze Age in Palestine - Eveline van der Steen, University of Liverpool, UK -- Part Three: Conclusion -- 11. Conclusion - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK |