Joshua In Reception History / Zev I. Farber -- New Perspectives On The Exile In Light Of Cuneiform Texts / Laurie Pearce -- New Perspectives On The Return From Exile And Persian-period Yehud / Mary Joan Winn Leith -- Yahwistic Religion In The Persian Period / Melody D. Knowles -- A Theological Comparison Of The Deuteronomistic History And Chronicles / Matthew J. Lynch -- Politics And Kingship In The Historical Books, With Attention To The Role Of Political Theory In Interpretation / Geoffrey Parsons Miller -- The Distinctive Roles Of The Prophets In The Deuteronomistic History And The Chronicler's History / Marvin A. Sweeney -- The Various Roles Of Women In The Historical Books / Mercedes L. García Bachmann -- David In Reception History / Dominik Markl -- The Historical Books In The New Testament / Steve Moyise -- The Deuteronomistic History As Literature Of Trauma / David Janzen -- Reading The Historical Books As Part Of The Primary History / Richard S. Briggs -- Synthetic And Literary Readings Of Chronicles And Ezra-nehemiah / Steven J. Schweitzer -- Deborah In Reception History / Joy A. Schroeder -- The Rise And Fall Of The So-called Chronicler's History And The Current Study Of The Composition Of Chronicles, Ezra, And Nehemiah / Ralph W. Klein -- Synchronic Readings Of Joshua-kings / Serge Frolov -- Yahwistic Religion In The Assyrian And Babylonian Periods / Richard S. Hess -- Divine And Human Violence In The Historical Books / Douglas S. Earl -- Feminist And Postcolonial Readings Of The Historical Books / Cameron B. R. Howard -- Solomon In Reception History / Sara M. Koenig -- The So-called Deuteronomistic History And Its Theories Of Composition / Thomas Römer -- Saul In Reception History / Barbara Green -- The Role Of Orality And Textuality, Folklore And Scribalism In The Historical Books / Susan Niditch -- Early Israel's Origins, Settlement, And Ethnogenesis / Ann E. Killebrew -- Text-critical Issues With Samuel And Kings / Julio Trebolle Barrera, Eugene Ulrich -- Text-critical Issues In Ezra-nehemiah And 1 Esdras / Lisbeth S. Fried -- The Later Monarchy In History And Biblical Historiography / Paul S. Evans -- Israelite And Judean Society And Economy / Roger S. Nam -- Exogamy And Divorce In Ezra And Nehemiah / Herbert R. Marbury -- 1 Esdras: Structure, Composition, And Significance / Kristin De Troyer -- Ezra And Nehemiah In Reception History / Armin Siedlecki -- Introduction / Brad E. Kelle, Brent A. Strawn -- Assyrian And Babylonian Sources / Martti Nissinen -- Achaemenid Political History And Sources / Amélie Kuhrt -- Historiography And History Writing In The Ancient World / Richard D. Nelson -- Israelite State Formation And Early Monarchy In History And Biblical Historiography / Walter Dietrich -- Samson In Reception History / Kelly J. Murphy. Edited By Brad E. Kelle And Brent A. Strawn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.