Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
List of Figures, Tables and Maps
Introduction: An Israeli European Archaeologist Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò and Emanuel Pfoh

PART 1. Archaeology and Material Culture

1. 'Peacemakers' in the Bronze Age Southern Levant Raphael Greenberg
2. 'Mother of all living' (Genesis 3:20). A Pedestal Vase with Plastic Decoration from a Late Middle Bronze Age Temple West of Jerusalem (al-Walajah) Irit Ziffer and Daniel Ein-Mor
3. A Historical Embargo and the Localization of the Sealed-Off karu of Egypt Wolfgang Zwickel
4. Syrians in Jordan? The 'Moabite' Cooking pot in Context Margreet L. Steiner
5. The Endless Sleep in the Desert: Death and Burial in Bedouin Society Eveline J. van der Steen
6. What Is Prehistory and Its Role in Archaeological Research of the Southern Levant Ianir Milevski

PART 2. History and Biblical Studies

7. What 'Northern Kingdom'? Ingrid Hjelm
8. Patronage, Forced Labour, and Social Distinction in the Persian Levant Jason M. Silverman
9. Biblical Job and Greek Niobe: The Influence of Greek Myth on the Biblical Narrative, or Cross-cultural Considerations Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò
10. When God(s) Use Different Weights: Impartiality's Dilemma in James 2 and Today Philippe Guillaume

PART 3. Ideologies, Heritage and Politics

11. Considerations on Ideology and the Historiography of Ancient Israel Emanuel Pfoh
12. Rooted in the Past: Relict Palestinian Fruit Orchards in Israel Liora Kolska Horwitz
13. Israeli Archaeological Surveys in the West Bank in the 1980s Gideon Sulimani
14. Between the Tunnels and the Plaza: The Lost Heritage of the Western Wall Tawfiq Da'adli
15. Archaeology at Herodium (Jabal al-Fureidis) in the Service of the Israeli Settlements East of Bethlehem Yonatan Mizrachi
Index of Authors
Index of Sources