Cover
Contents
Original Publications
Figures
Abbreviations
Chronological Periods
Part 1. Introductions
1. Introduction
2. The Mound on the Mount
Part 2. The Bronze Age and the Iron I
3. Middle Bronze Jerusalem1
4. The Shephelah and Jerusalem’s Western Border
5. Saul and Highlands of Benjamin Update
Part 3. The Iron IIA and the Early Iron IIB
6. Jerusalem and the Benjamin Plateau
7. Has King David’s Palace in Jerusalem Been Found?
8. The Large Stone Structure in Jerusalem
9. The Iron Age Complex in the Ophel, Jerusalem
10. Geographical and Historical Realities behind theEarliest Layer in the David Story
11. Kiriath-jearim
Part 4. The Iron IIB
12. The Appearance and Dissemination of Writing in Judah1
13. Epigraphic Evidence from Jerusalem and ItsEnvirons at the Dawn of Biblical History
14. Migration of Israelites into Judah after 720 BCE
15. Temple and Dynasty
16. The Settlement History of Jerusalem in theEighth and Seventh Centuries BCE
17. The Finds from the Rock-Cut Pool in Jerusalem and theDate of the Siloam Tunnel
18. Comments on the Date ofLate Monarchic Judahite Seal Impressions
19. Mozah, Nephtoah, andRoyal Estates in the Jerusalem Highlands
20. The Unique Specialized Economy of Judah under Assyrian Rule
Part 5. The Iron IIC
21. The Acts of Solomon
22. The Sites of Mordot Arnona and Armon HaNatziv on theSouthern Outskirts of Jerusalem
Part 6. The Dark Age and Recovery
23. Jerusalem and Judah 600–200 BCE
Part 7. Conclusions
24. Jerusalem and Empires
Works Cited
Ancient Sources Index
Place Names Index
Personal Names Index
Subject Index