Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

• I. INTRODUCTION LESTER L. GRABBE Introduction II. ARTICLES SHLOMO BUNIMOVITZ, ZVI LEDERMAN A Border Case: Beth-Shemesh and the Rise of Ancient Israel ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN, ALEXANDER FANTALKIN, ELIEZER PIASETZKY Three Snapshots of the Iron IIA: The Northern Valleys, the Southern Steppe and Jerusalem NORMA FRANKLIN Jezreel: Before and after Jezebel ANN E. KILLEBREW Aegean-Style Pottery and Associated Assemblages in the Southern Levant: Chronological Implications Regarding the Transition from the Late Bronze Age II to the Iron I and the Appearance of the Philistines ERNST AXEL KNAUF From Archeology to History, Bronze and Iron Ages with Special Regard to the Year 1200 BCE, and the Tenth Century AMIHAI MAZAR From 1200 to 850 BCE: Remarks on Some Selected Archaeological Issues BETH ALPERT NAKHAI Contextualizing Village Life in the Iron Age IREICH, RONNY, ELI SHUKRON, OMRI LERNAU The Iron Age II Finds from the Rock-cut "Pool" near the Spring in Jerusalem: A Preliminary Report BRUCE ROUTLEDGE Thinking "Globally" and Analyzing "Locally": South-Central Jordan in Transition ILAN SHARON, AYELET GILBOA, ELISABETTA BOARETTO The Iron Age Chronology of the Levant: The State-of-Research at the 14C Dating Project, Spring 2006 MARGREET STEINER Propaganda in Jerusalem: State Formation in Iron Age Judah DAVID USSISHKIN The Date of the Philistine Settlement in the Coastal Plain: The View from Megiddo and Lachish III. CONCLUSIONS LESTER L. GRABBE Reflections on the Discussion

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

• I. INTRODUCTION LESTER L. GRABBE Introduction II. ARTICLES SHLOMO BUNIMOVITZ, ZVI LEDERMAN A Border Case: Beth-Shemesh and the Rise of Ancient Israel ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN, ALEXANDER FANTALKIN, ELIEZER PIASETZKY Three Snapshots of the Iron IIA: The Northern Valleys, the Southern Steppe and Jerusalem NORMA FRANKLIN Jezreel: Before and after Jezebel ANN E. KILLEBREW Aegean-Style Pottery and Associated Assemblages in the Southern Levant: Chronological Implications Regarding the Transition from the Late Bronze Age II to the Iron I and the Appearance of the Philistines ERNST AXEL KNAUF From Archeology to History, Bronze and Iron Ages with Special Regard to the Year 1200 BCE, and the Tenth Century AMIHAI MAZAR From 1200 to 850 BCE: Remarks on Some Selected Archaeological Issues BETH ALPERT NAKHAI Contextualizing Village Life in the Iron Age IREICH, RONNY, ELI SHUKRON, OMRI LERNAU The Iron Age II Finds from the Rock-cut "Pool" near the Spring in Jerusalem: A Preliminary Report BRUCE ROUTLEDGE Thinking "Globally" and Analyzing "Locally": South-Central Jordan in Transition ILAN SHARON, AYELET GILBOA, ELISABETTA BOARETTO The Iron Age Chronology of the Levant: The State-of-Research at the 14C Dating Project, Spring 2006 MARGREET STEINER Propaganda in Jerusalem: State Formation in Iron Age Judah DAVID USSISHKIN The Date of the Philistine Settlement in the Coastal Plain: The View from Megiddo and Lachish III. CONCLUSIONS LESTER L. GRABBE Reflections on the Discussion

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

• I. INTRODUCTION LESTER L. GRABBE Introduction II. ARTICLES SHLOMO BUNIMOVITZ, ZVI LEDERMAN A Border Case: Beth-Shemesh and the Rise of Ancient Israel ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN, ALEXANDER FANTALKIN, ELIEZER PIASETZKY Three Snapshots of the Iron IIA: The Northern Valleys, the Southern Steppe and Jerusalem NORMA FRANKLIN Jezreel: Before and after Jezebel ANN E. KILLEBREW Aegean-Style Pottery and Associated Assemblages in the Southern Levant: Chronological Implications Regarding the Transition from the Late Bronze Age II to the Iron I and the Appearance of the Philistines ERNST AXEL KNAUF From Archeology to History, Bronze and Iron Ages with Special Regard to the Year 1200 BCE, and the Tenth Century AMIHAI MAZAR From 1200 to 850 BCE: Remarks on Some Selected Archaeological Issues BETH ALPERT NAKHAI Contextualizing Village Life in the Iron Age IREICH, RONNY, ELI SHUKRON, OMRI LERNAU The Iron Age II Finds from the Rock-cut "Pool" near the Spring in Jerusalem: A Preliminary Report BRUCE ROUTLEDGE Thinking "Globally" and Analyzing "Locally": South-Central Jordan in Transition ILAN SHARON, AYELET GILBOA, ELISABETTA BOARETTO The Iron Age Chronology of the Levant: The State-of-Research at the 14C Dating Project, Spring 2006 MARGREET STEINER Propaganda in Jerusalem: State Formation in Iron Age Judah DAVID USSISHKIN The Date of the Philistine Settlement in the Coastal Plain: The View from Megiddo and Lachish III. CONCLUSIONS LESTER L. GRABBE Reflections on the Discussion