Philip R. Davies is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. Diana V. Edelman is at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway, and the Center For Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Norway.

• List of AbbreviationsTHE EDITORSIntroductionHANS BARSTADHistory and Memory. Some Reflections on the 'Memory Debate' in Relation to the Hebrew BibleNIELS PETER LEMCHEPostcolonial Studies and the Study of Israelite History.NADAV NAAMANText and Archaeology in a Period of Great Decline: The Contribution of the Amarna Letters to the Debate on the Historicity of Nehemiah's WallRAINER ALBERTZSecondary Sources Also Deserve to be Historically Evaluated: The Case of the United MonarchyTHOMAS L. THOMPSONReiterative Narrative and the Problem of the ExileANDRÉ LEMAIREHazor in the Second Half of the 10th Century BCE: Historiography, Archaeology and HistoryMARIO LIVERANIThe Chronology of the Biblical Fairy-TaleEHUD BEN ZVIThe Story of Micaiah, son of Imlah: What Could the Ancient Intended Readers Learn from It?DIANA V. EDELMANOf Priests and Prophets and Interpreting the Past: The Egyptian Hm-Ntr and Hry-Hbt and the Judahite nabi'HUGH G.M. WILLIAMSONWelcome HomeODED LIPSCHITSHere is a Man Whose Name is ?ema?' (Zechariah 6:12)BOB BECKINGDrought, Hunger, and Redistribution: A Social-Economic Reading of Nehemiah 5JOSEPH BLENKINSOPPFootnotes to the Rescript of Artaxerxes (Ezra7:11-26)GARY N. KNOPPERSAspects of Samaria's Religious Culture during the Early Hellenistic PeriodE. AXEL KNAUFBiblical References to Judean Settlement in Eretz Israel (and Beyond) in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic PeriodsPHILIP R. DAVIESThe Hebrew Canon and the Origins of JudaismGEORGE J. BROOKEWhat Makes a Text Historical? Assumptions behind the Classification of Some Dead Sea Scrolls