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?

Praise for volume 1: 'The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgements. One now awaits with expectation for the remaining three volumes.'  The Expository Times

• ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction1.  Introduction: Principles and Method1.1 Aims1.2 The Basis for the Chronology of the Early Hellenistic Period1.3 Diaspora1.4 The Relevance of Postcolonial Theory1.5 History Writing in the Ancient World1.5.1 The Question of Definitions1.5.2 Greek Historical Writings1.5.3 Did the Graeco-Roman Historians Aim for Historical Accuracy?1.5.4 Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews1.5.5 Conclusions1.6 Writing a History of the Early Greek Period: Principles Assumed in this Book1.7 Terminology and Other Technical MattersPart II: Sources 2.  Archaeolog2.1 Individual Site2.1.1 Tel Dan2.1.2 Tel Anafa2.1.3 Ptolemais/Akko (Tell Fukhar)2.1.4 Shiqmona2.1.5 Philoteria (Beth Yera?, Khirbet el-Kerak)2.1.6 Beth-Shean/Scythopolis2.1.7 Tel Dor2.1.8 Tel Mevorakh2.1.9 Tel Dothan2.1.10 Samaria2.1.11 Shechem (Tell Balâtah)2.1.12 Apollonia (Arsuf; Tell Arshaf)2.1.13 Tel Michal (Makmish)2.1.14 Jaffa (Joppo)2.1.15 Gezer (Tell Jezer)2.1.16 Bethel2.1.17 Tell es-Sultan (Jericho)2.1.18 Jerusalem and Vicinity2.1.19 Qalandiyeh2.1.20 Ashdod (Azotus)2.1.21 Ashkelon (Ascalon)2.1.22 Tell el-?esi2.1.23 Beth-Zur2.1.24 En-gedi (Tel Goren, Tell el-Jurn)2.1.25 Tel Maresha (Tell e?-?anda?anna)2.1.26 Lachish2.1.27 Tell Jemmeh2.1.28 Arad2.1.29 Beersheba (Tel Sheva (Tell es-Saba‘)2.1.30 ‘Iraq al-Amir2.1.31 Rabbath-Ammon (Philadelphia)2.1.32 Gadara (Umm Qeis)2.1.33 Pella (?abaqa? Fa?l)2.2 Surveys and Synthesis2.2.1 Introductory Comments2.2.2 The Galilee, Samaria, Idumaea, and Transjordan&nbs

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?

Praise for volume 1: 'The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgements. One now awaits with expectation for the remaining three volumes.'  The Expository Times

• ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction1.  Introduction: Principles and Method1.1 Aims1.2 The Basis for the Chronology of the Early Hellenistic Period1.3 Diaspora1.4 The Relevance of Postcolonial Theory1.5 History Writing in the Ancient World1.5.1 The Question of Definitions1.5.2 Greek Historical Writings1.5.3 Did the Graeco-Roman Historians Aim for Historical Accuracy?1.5.4 Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews1.5.5 Conclusions1.6 Writing a History of the Early Greek Period: Principles Assumed in this Book1.7 Terminology and Other Technical MattersPart II: Sources 2.  Archaeolog2.1 Individual Site2.1.1 Tel Dan2.1.2 Tel Anafa2.1.3 Ptolemais/Akko (Tell Fukhar)2.1.4 Shiqmona2.1.5 Philoteria (Beth Yera?, Khirbet el-Kerak)2.1.6 Beth-Shean/Scythopolis2.1.7 Tel Dor2.1.8 Tel Mevorakh2.1.9 Tel Dothan2.1.10 Samaria2.1.11 Shechem (Tell Balâtah)2.1.12 Apollonia (Arsuf; Tell Arshaf)2.1.13 Tel Michal (Makmish)2.1.14 Jaffa (Joppo)2.1.15 Gezer (Tell Jezer)2.1.16 Bethel2.1.17 Tell es-Sultan (Jericho)2.1.18 Jerusalem and Vicinity2.1.19 Qalandiyeh2.1.20 Ashdod (Azotus)2.1.21 Ashkelon (Ascalon)2.1.22 Tell el-?esi2.1.23 Beth-Zur2.1.24 En-gedi (Tel Goren, Tell el-Jurn)2.1.25 Tel Maresha (Tell e?-?anda?anna)2.1.26 Lachish2.1.27 Tell Jemmeh2.1.28 Arad2.1.29 Beersheba (Tel Sheva (Tell es-Saba‘)2.1.30 ‘Iraq al-Amir2.1.31 Rabbath-Ammon (Philadelphia)2.1.32 Gadara (Umm Qeis)2.1.33 Pella (?abaqa? Fa?l)2.2 Surveys and Synthesis2.2.1 Introductory Comments2.2.2 The Galilee, Samaria, Idumaea, and Transjordan&nbs

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?

Praise for volume 1: 'The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgements. One now awaits with expectation for the remaining three volumes.'  The Expository Times

• ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction1.  Introduction: Principles and Method1.1 Aims1.2 The Basis for the Chronology of the Early Hellenistic Period1.3 Diaspora1.4 The Relevance of Postcolonial Theory1.5 History Writing in the Ancient World1.5.1 The Question of Definitions1.5.2 Greek Historical Writings1.5.3 Did the Graeco-Roman Historians Aim for Historical Accuracy?1.5.4 Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews1.5.5 Conclusions1.6 Writing a History of the Early Greek Period: Principles Assumed in this Book1.7 Terminology and Other Technical MattersPart II: Sources 2.  Archaeolog2.1 Individual Site2.1.1 Tel Dan2.1.2 Tel Anafa2.1.3 Ptolemais/Akko (Tell Fukhar)2.1.4 Shiqmona2.1.5 Philoteria (Beth Yera?, Khirbet el-Kerak)2.1.6 Beth-Shean/Scythopolis2.1.7 Tel Dor2.1.8 Tel Mevorakh2.1.9 Tel Dothan2.1.10 Samaria2.1.11 Shechem (Tell Balâtah)2.1.12 Apollonia (Arsuf; Tell Arshaf)2.1.13 Tel Michal (Makmish)2.1.14 Jaffa (Joppo)2.1.15 Gezer (Tell Jezer)2.1.16 Bethel2.1.17 Tell es-Sultan (Jericho)2.1.18 Jerusalem and Vicinity2.1.19 Qalandiyeh2.1.20 Ashdod (Azotus)2.1.21 Ashkelon (Ascalon)2.1.22 Tell el-?esi2.1.23 Beth-Zur2.1.24 En-gedi (Tel Goren, Tell el-Jurn)2.1.25 Tel Maresha (Tell e?-?anda?anna)2.1.26 Lachish2.1.27 Tell Jemmeh2.1.28 Arad2.1.29 Beersheba (Tel Sheva (Tell es-Saba‘)2.1.30 ‘Iraq al-Amir2.1.31 Rabbath-Ammon (Philadelphia)2.1.32 Gadara (Umm Qeis)2.1.33 Pella (?abaqa? Fa?l)2.2 Surveys and Synthesis2.2.1 Introductory Comments2.2.2 The Galilee, Samaria, Idumaea, and Transjordan&nbs