Cover i
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Dedication v
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn
List of Contributors xix
Abbreviations xxi
1. The Amorites 1
Daniel E. Fleming
2. Assyria and the Assyrians 31
Christopher B. Hays with Peter Machinist
3. Babylonia and the Babylonians 107
David S. Vanderhooft
4. Ugarit and the Ugaritians 139
Mark S. Smith
5. Egypt and the Egyptians 169
Joel M. LeMon
6. The Hittites and the Hurrians 197
Billie Jean Collins
7. Aram and the Arameans 229
K. Lawson Younger Jr.
8. Phoenicia and the Phoenicians 267
Christopher A. Rollston
9. Transjordan: The Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites 309
Joel S. Burnett
10. Philistia and the Philistines 353
Carl S. Ehrlich
11. Persia and the Persians 379
Pierre Briant
12. Arabia and the Arabians 417
David F. Graf
13. Greece and the Greeks 467
Walter Burkert†
Index of Authors 501
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources 511
Index of Subjects 519
Back Cover 532