Contributors Abbreviations Introduction - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK Part I: Statements on and Evaluations of the Seminar 1. Why Start with the Text? The Fall of Samaria Revisited - Bob Becking, University of Utrecht, Netherlands 2. Clio Today and Ancient Israelite History: Some Thoughts and Observations at the Closing Session of the European Seminar for Historical Methodology - Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta, Canada 3. 'Just the Facts, Ma'am!' Reflections on the ESHM - Philip R. Davies, University of Sheffield, UK 4. Vingt Ans Apres: A Personal Retrospective - Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland 5. The Future of Israel's History - Niels Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 6.

The Problem of Israel in the History of the South Levant - Thomas L. Thompson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Part II: Tidying Up .: Publication of Papers from Sessions Not Published 7. 1997 Session: From the Volume, Leading Captivity Captive (1998) 8. The Exilic Period as an Urgent Case for a Historical Reconstruction Without the Biblical Text - Rainer Albertz, University of Münster, Germany 9. 2008 Session in Libbon on the Oral, the Written, and Cultural Memory 10. Cultural Memory in Practice: Ezra and Nehemiah - Philip R. Davies, University of Sheffield, UK 11.

The Oral, the Written, the Forgotten, the Remembered: Studies in Historiography and their Implication for Ancient Israel - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK 12. 2011 Session on Thessaloniki on the Maccabees and Thessalonians 13. The Relation between Samaria and Jerusalem in the Early Maccabean Period Revisited: A Case Study about the Reception of Phinehas - Tobias Funke, University of Leipzig, Germany 14. From Philadelphus to Hyrcanus: A Shorter Path between the Formation and the Canonization of Biblical Historiography - Philippe Guillaume, University of Bern, Switzerland 15. Joshua Maccabaeus: Another Reading of 1 Maccabees 5 - Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Münster, Germany Part III: Conclusion 16. Seventeen Years of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology: A Personal View of the Results - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK Index of References Index of Authors.