CONTENTSPART 1: THE ORIGINS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

Early Israel as an Anti-Imperial Community

The Origins of Israel as a Textual Models for Envisioning Early Israel

Triumphalist versus Anti-Triumphalist Versions of Early Israel: A Response to Articles by Lemche and Dever

Historical Description versus Historical Representation and Symbol

The Interplay of Religion and Ethnicity in Ancient Israel

Proto-Globalization and Proto-Secularization in Ancient Israel

Revisiting the Tribes of Yahweh after Twenty-five Years

PART 2: THE POLITICS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

Religion and Politics: Early Israel and Judaism

The Puzzling Politics of Ancient Israel

The Role of Biblical Politics in Contextual Theologies

PART 3: REVIEW AND REFLECTIONS

Forward to Jeremy Young, The Violence of God and the War on Terror

Reflections on R. S. Sugirtharajah's Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism. Contesting the Interpretations and The Bible and the Third Way: Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters

Review of Stephen L. Cook, The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism

Review of Marty E. Stevens, Temples, Tithes, and Taxes: The Temple and the Economic Life of Ancient Israel

Review of Philip R. Davies, The Origins of Biblical Israel

Panel Presentation on Joshua A. Berman, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought