Thomas L. Thompson is Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, whose many works include The Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and David. Philippe Wajdenbaum is Lecturer at the University of Brussels and author of Argonauts of the Desert: Structural Analysis of the Hebrew Bible.

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• Introduction: Making Room for Japheth, Thomas L. Thompson and Philippe Wajdenbaum Part I: A Mediterranean or Ancient Near Eastern Context?1. Ancient Historiography, Biblical Stories and Hellenism, Emanuel Pfoh2. Editing the Bible: Alexandria or Babylon? Etienne Nodet, o.p.3. Greek Evidence for the Hebrew Bible, Russell E. Gmirkin4. The Philistines as Intermediaries Between the Aegean and the Near East, Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò5. Narrative Reiteration and Comparative Literature: Problems in Defining Dependency, Thomas L. ThompsonPart II: Greek-Jew or Jew-Greek?6. Stranger and City Girl: An isomorphism between Genesis 24 and Homer's Odyssey 6-13, Yaakov S. Kupitz7. Hesiod’s Heroic Age and the Biblical Period of the Judges, Philippe Guillaume8. Sex, Violence and State Formation in Judges 19-21, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme9. Israel, the Antithesis of Hellas: Enslavement, Exile and Return in the Greek Solon Tradition and the Hebrew Bible, Flemming A.J. NielsenPart III: Fleets from Kittim (Num. 24:24) – Roman-Era Texts10. The Books of the Maccabees and Polybius, Philippe Wajdenbaum11. Text and Commentary: The Pesharim of Qumran in the Context of Hellenistic Scholarship, Reinhard G. Kratz12. Josephus in the Tents of Shem and Japheth: The Status of Ancient Authors in Josephus’ Treatise Against Apion 1.1-218, Ingrid Hjelm13. Recognition Scenes in the Odyssey and the Gospels, John Taylor14. Hesiod’s Theogony and the Book of Revelation 4, 12, and 19-20, Bruce Louden