PART 1: The Origins of Ancient Israel -Early Israel as an Anti-Imperial Community -The Origins of Israel as a Textual -Models for Envisioning Early Israel -Triumphalist versus Anti-Triumphalist Versions of Early Israel: A Response to Articles by Lemche and Dever -Historical Description versus Historical Representation and Symbol -The Interplay of Religion and Ethnicity in Ancient Israel -Proto-Globalization and Proto-Secularization in Ancient Israel -Revisiting the Tribes of Yahweh after Twenty-five Years. PART 2: The Politics of Ancient Israel -Religion and Politics: Early Israel and Judaism -The Puzzling Politics of Ancient Israel -The Role of Biblical Politics in Contextual Theologies PART 3: Review and Reflections -Forward to Jeremy Young, The Violence of God and the War on Terror -Reflections on R. S. Sugirtharajah's Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Post colonialism. Contesting the Interpretations and The Bible and the Third Way: Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters -Review of Stephen L. Cook, The Social Roots of Biblical Yahwism -Review of Marty E. Stevens, Temples, Tithes, and Taxes: The Temple and the Economic Life of Ancient Israel -Review of Philip R. Davies, The Origins of Biblical Israel -Panel Presentation on Joshua A. Berman, Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought

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