List of Contributors Abbreviations Preface Programme of the Conference 1. Introduction - Lester L. Grabbe 2. Judaic National Identity - James K. Aitken 3. Geographical Lists in Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of Archaeology: Persian or Hellenistic? - Israel Finkelstein 4. Hyparchs - Oikonomoi , and Mafiosi: The Governance of Judah in the Ptolemaic Period - Lester L. Grabbe 5.

King and Temple in 2 Maccabees: The Case for Continuity - Sylvie Honigman 6. Further Thoughts on Josephus' Report of Alexander's Campaign to Palestine (AJ XI 304-347) - Aryeh Kasher 7. The Introduction of the Greek Language and Culture in the Third Century BCE, according to the Archaeological Evidence in Idumaea - Amos Kloner 8. Jerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of the City in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods - Oded Lipschits 9. The Samaritans' Transition from the Persian to the Greek Period - Menachem Mor 10. The Alphabet that Never Was: A Possible Egyptian Influence on the Near East - John Ray 11. Empires and Farmers - Eveline Van Der Steen 12. Early Enochic Tradition and the Restoration of Humanity: The Function and Significance of 1 Enoch 10 - Loren Stuckenbruck 13.

'Hellenistic Foundations' in Palestine - Oren Tal 14. Will the Greek Texts Stand Up, Please - Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer.