Table of Contents

List of MapsSeries Editor's PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronologyPart 1: Introduction1. IntroductionCultural History of Ancient Israel: An OverviewSummary of ResourcesPart 2: Canaanite and Israelite Civilization2. Environment and EcologyThe Physical LandscapeShifting Patterns of Land Use3. Historical and Chronological SettingMajor Events in the History of Syro-Palestinian CulturesMajor Techniques in Chronology BuildingA Brief History of DiscoveryIsraeli ArchaeologyLiterary Evidence from Ancient Israel4. Origins, Growth, and Decline of Levantine CulturesPrehistoric Cultures: Major Developments in Late PrehistoryThe CanaanitesPeoples of the Iron AgeThe Israelites of the Iron 25. EconomicsChalcolithic Period: The Origins of Economic ComplexityEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeIron 1: The Economy of the Highlands and "Proto-Israelites"Iron 1: The Economy of the Southern Coastal PlainIron 2: The Israelite EconomyThe Economy of Philistia in the Iron 26. Social OrganizationChalcolithic PeriodEarly Bronze AgeIntermediate Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeIron Age 1Iron 1: Social Organization among the Coastal PeoplesIron 2: Highland CultureIron 2: Coastal CulturePhilistine High Culture7. PolitcsChalcolithic PeriodEarly Bronze Age: The First Urban RevolutionThe End of the Early Bronze Age and the Intermediate Bronze AgeCanaanite Kingdoms: Middle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeIron Age 1: The Highlands and Inland ValleysIron Age 1: Southern Coastal Plain/PhilistiaIron Age 2-3: The IsraelitesIron Age 2-3: The Philistines8. Religion and IdeologyChalcolithic PeriodEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeIron AgeIron 2-3Broad Trends in the Evolution of Israelite ReligionIron 1: Early Philistine ReligionIron 2: Philistine Religion9. Material CultureChalcolithic PeriodEarly Bronze AgeIntermediate Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeMaterial Culture of the Interior during the Early Iron Age (Iron 1)Israelite Material Culture of the Iron2Philistine Material Culture of the Iron1Material Culture of the Philistines in the Iron 2Phoenician Material Culture10. Intellectual AccomplishmentsThe Alphabet (Alephbet)MonotheismPart 3: Current Assessments11. Major Controversies and Future DirectionsControversies in Chalcolithic ArchaeologyArchaeological Issues concerning the EarlyBronze AgeBronze Age Chronologies and the Intermediate Bronze AgeProblems in the Archaeology of the Middle Bronze Age"Biblical Archaeology" and the Iron AgeGlossaryChronologyGlossaryResources for Further StudyIndexAbout the Author