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Book SynopsisLester L. Grabbe is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull.He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology.A recent book is
Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?Trade ReviewPraise for volume 1: 'The first instalment of Grabbe's ambitious four volume project is extremely rich, methodologically self-aware, and judicious in its historical judgements. One now awaits with expectation for the remaining three volumes.' The Expository Times
Table of ContentsContents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. Introduction: Principles and Method; 1.1 Aims; 1.2 The Basis for the Chronology of the Early Hellenistic Period; 1.3 Diaspora; 1.4 The Relevance of Postcolonial Theory; 1.5 History Writing in the Ancient World; 1.5.1 The Question of Definitions; 1.5.2 Greek Historical Writings; 1.5.3 Did the Graeco-Roman Historians Aim for Historical Accuracy?; 1.5.4 Critical Historical Thinking among the Jews; 1.5.5 Conclusions; 1.6 Writing a History of the Early Greek Period: Principles Assumed in this Book; 1.7 Terminology and Other Technical Matters; Part II: Sources; 2. Archaeolog; 2.1 Individual Site; 2.1.1 Tel Dan; 2.1.2 Tel Anafa; 2.1.3 Ptolemais/Akko (Tell Fukhar); 2.1.4 Shiqmona; 2.1.5 Philoteria (Beth Yera?, Khirbet el-Kerak); 2.1.6 Beth-Shean/Scythopolis; 2.1.7 Tel Dor; 2.1.8 Tel Mevorakh; 2.1.9 Tel Dothan; 2.1.10 Samaria; 2.1.11 Shechem (Tell Balatah); 2.1.12 Apollonia (Arsuf; Tell Arshaf); 2.1.13 Tel Michal (Makmish); 2.1.14 Jaffa (Joppo); 2.1.15 Gezer (Tell Jezer); 2.1.16 Bethel; 2.1.17 Tell es-Sultan (Jericho); 2.1.18 Jerusalem and Vicinity & nb.