23. The “Conquest of Canaan” in the Book of Joshua and in History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xiii
6. 1. The Hurrians and the End of the Middle Bronze Age in Palestine 1
7. 2. The Egyptian-Canaanite Correspondence 25
8. 3. Ammishtamru’s Letter to Akhenaten (EA 45) and Hittite Chronology 40
9. 4. Looking for the Pharaoh’s Judgment 50
10. 5. The Origin and the Historical Background of Several Amarna Letters 65
11. 6. Biryawaza of Damascus and the Date of the Kāmid el-Lōz ‘Apiru Letters 82
12. 7. Praises to the Pharaoh in Response to His Plans for Campaign to Canaan 99
13. 8. The Canaanites and Their Land 110
14. 9. Four Notes on the Size of Late Bronze Canaan 134
15. 10. The Network of Canaanite Late Bronze Kingdoms and the City of Ashdod 145
16. 11. Canaanite Jerusalem and its Central Hill Country Neighbors in the Second Millennium BCE 173
17. 12. Yeno‘am 195
18. 13. Rubutu/Aruboth 204
19. 14. Economic Aspects of the Egyptian Occupation of Canaan 216
20. 15. Pharaonic Lands in the Jezreel Valley in the Late Bronze Age 232
21. 16. On Gods and Scribal Traditions in the Amarna Letters 242
22. 17. Ḫabiru and Hebrews: The Transfer of a Social Term to the Literary Sphere 252
23. 18. The Town of Ibirta and the Relations of the ‘Apiru and the Shasu 275
24. 19. Amarna ālāni pu-ru-zi (EA 137) and Biblical ‘ry hprzy/hprzwt (“Rural Settlements”) 280
25. 20. The Ishtar Temple at Alalakh 285
26. 21. A Royal Scribe and His Scribal Products in the Alalakh IV Court 293
27. 22. Literary and Topographical Notes on the Battle of Kishon (Judges 4–5) 303
28. 23. The “Conquest of Canaan” in the Book of Joshua and in History 317
29. Index of Ancient Personal Names 393
30. Index of Places 398
31. Index of Biblical References 407