Based on a colloquium initiated and organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College, London, 16-17, April 1996--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The monarchic period in the Judaean highland / Avi Ofer -- The heart of the monarchy / Adam Zertal -- Phoenicians in Western Galilee / Gunnar Lehmann -- Agricultural terraces and settlement expansion in the highlands of early Iron Age Palestine / Shimon Gibson -- The high places of biblical Dan / Avraham Biran -- The date of the temple at Arad / Ze'ev Herzog -- Between archaeology and theology / Raz Kletter -- Figurines, figures and contexts in Jerusalem and regions to the East in the seventh and sixth centuries BCE / Kay Prag -- I|tar as depicted on finds from Israel / Tallay Ornan -- A room with a view / Norma Franklin -- Jerusalem in the tenth and seventh centuries BCE / Margreet Steiner -- Beth Shean during Iron Age II / Amihai Mazar -- Busayra and Judah / Piotr Bienkowski and Leonie Sedman.