Table of Contents

Editor's ForewordPrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Introductory Matters1. Three Preliminary Remarks2. Jerusalem's Setting3. The Names of JerusalemPart II: The History of Jerusalem4. A Strong Canaanite City of the Middle Bronze Age IIB5. A City under Egyptian Sovereignty6. Jerusalem and the Israelite Tribes7. Jerusalem Becomes the Residence of David ... and YHWH8. Solomon, Builder of the First Temple and Legendary Monarch9. Competition and Cooperation with the Northern Kingdom10. Assyrian Rule of Jerusalem and the Prophet Isaiah11. The Fall of Assyria and the Reorganization of Jerusalem and Judah under Josiah12. Cooperation or Confrontation with Babylon? The Problem after Josiah's Death13. The Exile: Lamentation, Reproach, Pleading, and Visions of Renewed Splendor14. Jerusalem under Persian Rule: The Second Temple Period15. Conflict with Hellenism: Jerusalem from Alexander the Great to PompeyPart III: Closing Thoughts16. Conclusion17. Afterword: A Few Remarks on History WritingWorks CitedIndices

About the Author

Othmar Keel is professor emeritus of Old Testament and the biblical world on the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Fribourg and president of the Bibel + Orient Institute.Brent A. Strawn is professor of Old Testament at Emory University's Candler School of Theology.