Publisher's Synopsis
The proceedings of an international conference of historians, archaeologists and biblical scholars, who met in Amman to discuss new perspectives on the history of ancient Jerusalem and its relationship to biblical tradition on October 12-14, 2001. Contributors include: Thomas L Thompson; Michael Prior; Niels Peter Lemche; Margreet Steiner; Sara Mandell; John Strange; Lester Grabbe; Philip Davies; Thomas M Bolin; Ingrid Hjelm; David Gunn and Keith Whitelam.