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oftheIsraeliteSettlement(293-356)isagoodbeginningpoint

Additionally,referenceshouldbemadetohis 1995 article,"The

GreatTransformation:The'Conquest'oftheHighlandsFrontiers

andtheRiseoftheTerritorialStates.~2t

5. IsraelFinkelsteinandNadavNa'aman'seditedvolume,From
   NomadismtoMonarchy:ArchaeologicalandHiston"calAspects
   ofEarlyisrael,contains fourteen essays dealingspecifically
   withthethemeoftheemergenceofearlyIsrael. Theessays
   combinetextualandarchaeologicalaswellasamhropological
   sources.WrittenentirelybyIsraelischolars,thisvolumeoffers
   a valuablesynthesisofproblems,sources,andcriticallysug-
   gestedsolutionstothevexingquestionoftheemergenceof
   ancientIsrael.


6. PhilipKingandLarl)'Stager'sLifeinBiblicalIsraelisthefirst
   comprehensiveeffort, tomyknowledge,bya skilledexegete
   (King)andaseasonedfieldarchaeologist(Stager)topresenta
   highlycrealiveandinformativesynthesisofdailylifeinancient
   Israelasreflectedinboththematerialrealiaandbiblicaltradi-
   tions.^22 Itsrichillustrationsandmultiplicityoftopicsmakeita
   valuableresourceforbothteachersandstudents.Itis highly
   recommended.


7. Many if notmoststudentswill norhaveheardof, muchless
   read,ancientliteral)'sourcesthatbearonthesubjectathand.
   Someofthemorefrequentlydiscussedonesarelistedbelow.
   All except the Papyrus Harris I are conveniently localed in
   ANET.23PapyrusHarrisI,accordingtoKyleP.McCarter,is"the
   longest andbest preserved papyrus tosurvive from ancient
   Egypt~24Thispapyruswasdiscoveredin 1855 andpurchased
   byA.C.Harris(thusitsname)andtakentotheBritishMuseum.
   Amongotherthings,thepapyrusdescribesRamessesJII'svic·
   lOryovertheSeaPeoples,includingthePhilistines.Theprimary
   texts from Ihis period Ihal should be assigned include the

21 IsrJel Finkelstein, 1beArchaeologyoftheIsraelileSeute1U,mt Qerusalem: Israel
ExplorJtionSociety),1988~idem,"TheGreatTransfomlation:The'Conquest'oftheHighlands
FrontiersandtheRiseoftheTerritorialStates:intbeArchaeologyo/Sociely;11theHolyLand
(cd.1'.E.Levy;NewYork:FactsonFile,1995),349-365.
22 PhilipJ.KingandL1wrcnceE.Stager.LifeinBlbl/callsrael(louisville:Westminster
JohnKnox.2(01).
23 JamesB.Pritchard,cd.,AI/dentNl!arEasternTexISRelating 10 theOldTCSlament(3<\
cd,;Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress.1%9).
24 1'.KyleMcCarterJr.,Allcientll/scriptiol/s;Voices/romtbeBiblicalWorld(Washington,
D,C.:BiblicalArchaeologySociety,1996).54.