Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Part One: Introduction and Background 1. Introduction - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK 2. The Late Bronze Age: If We Had Only the Bible - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK Part Two: Articles 3. Canaan in the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age from an Egyptian Perspective - Meindert Dijkstra, University of Utrecht, Netherlands 4. Canaan under the Rule of the Egyptian New Kingdom: From the Hyksos to the Sea Peoples - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK 5.

Poor by Necessity or by Choice? Ancient Israelite Egalitarianism - Philippe Guillaume, University of Bern, Switzerland 6. Land Tenure, Ideology, and the Emergence of Ancient Israel: A Conversation with Philippe Guillaume - Raz Kletter, University of Helsinki in Tallinn, Estonia 7. The Impact of the Late Bronze III Period on the Origins of Israel - Ernst Axel Knauf, University of Bern, Switzerland 8. International Diplomacy in the Amarna Age - Andrew D.H. Mayes, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 9. The Amarna Letters and Palestinian Politics - Neils Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 10. The Archaeology of the Late Bronze Age in Palestine - Eveline van der Steen, University of Liverpool, UK Part Three: Conclusion 11.

Conclusion - Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull, UK.