History, Politics and the Bible from the Iron Age to the Media Age

James G. Crossley is Professor of Bible, Society and Politics at St Mary's University, Twickenham, UK.Jim West is Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Reformation History at Ming Hua Theological College, Hong Kong.

These essays create a broad and challenging volume and, in their questioning of paradigms and the diversity of their approaches, they create a fitting tribute to Keith W. Whitelam.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Keith Whitelam in Context – James Crossley, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, UK and Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology, USA1. Maximalist and/or Minimalist Approaches in Recent Representations of Ancient Israelite and Judaean History – Ingrid Hjelm, University of Copenhagen, Denmark2. The Emergence of Israel Again – Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary, USA3. A Plea for an Historical Anthropology of Ancient Palestine – Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata, Argentina4. Mapping Palestine – Philip R. Davies, University of Sheffield, UK5. A Sectarian Group Called Israel: Historiography and Cultural Memory – Niels Peter Lemche, University of Copenhagen, Denmark6. The History of Israel — Without the Bible: A Thought Experiment – Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology, USA7. The Present Crisis in Biblical Scholarship – John Van Seters, University of North Carolina, USA8. The Perpetuation of Racial Assumptions in Biblical Studies – Deane Galbraith, University of Otago, New Zealand9. Made in Sheffield - David J.A. Clines, The University of Sheffield, UK10. God and the State: The Bible and David Cameron's Authority - James Crossley, St Mary's University, UKBibliographyIndex