Behind the scenes of the Old Testament: cultural, social, and historical contexts

Introduction to historical geography / Paul Wright

Regions and routes in the Levant / Carl G. Rasmussen

Climate and environment of the Levant / Elizabeth Arnold

Plants and animals of the land of Israel / Daniel Fuchs and Nimrod Marom

Introduction to Biblical archaeology / Seymour Gitin

Archaeology of the late Bronze Age / Joe Uziel

Archaeology of the Iron Age I / Aren M. Maeir

Archaeology of the Iron Age II / Amihai Mazar

Archaeology of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods / Constance E. Gane

Archaeology of the Hellenistic Period / Jordan Ryan

Introduction to ancient Near Eastern literature / Adam E. Miglio

Hebrew inscriptions / Judith M. Hadley

Mesopotamian literature / Dave C. Deuel

Egyptian literature / Nili Shupak

Hittite literature / Alice Mouton

Northwest Semitic inscriptions / Margaret Cohen

Ugaritic literature / William D. Barker

Early Jewish literature / Ryan E. Stokes

Introduction to ancient Near Eastern iconography / Izak Cornelius

Egyptian iconography / Laura Wright

Mesopotamian and Anatolian iconography / Daniel Bodi

Canaanite/Israelite iconography / Brent A. Strawn

The Ancestral Period / Richard S. Hess

The Egyptian sojourn and the exodus / David A. Falk

The Settlement Period / Pekka Pitknen

The united monarchy / Steven M. Ortiz

The divided monarchy: Israel / Jens Bruun Kofoed

The divided monarchy: Judah / Eric L. Welch

The exile and the exilic communities / Deirdre N. Fulton

Persian Period / Yehud Ken Ristau

The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Kingdom / Joel Willitts

Akhenaten and the Amarna Period / Mark D. Janzen

The late Bronze Age collapse and the sea peoples' migrations / Gregory D. Mumford

Sheshonq's Levantine conquest and Biblical history / Yigal Levin

The Battle of Qarqar and Assyrian aspirations / Mark Chavalas

The Mesha inscription and relations with Moab and Edom / Juan Manuel Tebes

The Tell Dan Inscription, Jehu's Revolt, and Aramaean campaigns in Israel and Judah / K. Lawson Younger Jr.

Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and neo-Assyrian expansion / Kyle H. Keimer

Eighth-century Levantine earthquakes and natural disasters / Ryan N. Roberts

The Battle of Carchemish and seventh-century regional politics / Sara L. Hoffman

Alexander the Great and Levantine Hellenism / Brent Sandy

Monotheism in ancient Israel / Matthew J. Lynch

Biblical texts studied in comparison with other ancient Near Eastern: documents / John H. Walton

The temple in context / John H. Walton

Priests in the ancient Near East / Gerald A. Klingbeil

Worship, sacrifice, and festivals in the ancient Near East / Roy E. Gane

Family religion in ancient Israel / Andrew R. Davis

Prophecy, divination, and magic in the ancient Near East / John W. Hilber

Death and burial in the Iron Age Levant / Christopher B. Hays

Tribes and Nomads in the Iron Age Levant / Thomas D. Petter

Women in Ancient Israel / Carol Meyers

Family, Children, and Inheritance in the Biblical World / Victor H. Matthews

Seasons, crops, and water in the land of the Bible / Oded Borowski

Trade in the late Bronze and Iron Age Levant / Josh Walton

Slavery in the world of the Bible / Richard E. Averbeck

The local economies of ancient Israel / Peter Altmann

Metallurgy in the world of the Bible / Brady Liss and Thomas E. Levy

Ancient technologies of everyday life / Gloria London

Food preparation in the Iron Age Levant / Cynthia Shafer-Elliott

Feasting in the Biblical world / Janling Fu

Music and dance in the world of the Bible / Annie Caubet

Kingship and the state in ancient Israel / Nili S. Fox

Social stratification in the Iron Age Levant / Avraham Faust

Law and legal systems in ancient Israel / David W. Baker

Wisdom Traditions in ancient Israel / Paul Overland

Warfare in the world of the Bible / Mark Schwartz.