Most of the papers collected in this volume were delivered at the conference held in June 2018, Mainz. They discuss recent developments in the analysis of histo

In how far do the traditions in historical writing reflect "history in the Hebrew Bible"? This momentarily hot-debated question is the central issue of the curr

The Creation of History in Ancient Israel demonstrates how the historian can start to piece together the history of ancient Israel using the Hebrew Bible as a s

Offers readers a concise introduction to the tools and data available for investigating the world of ancient Israel.

Analyses Solomon's birth, rise, and temple-building within scriptural, archaeological and historical contexts.