Im Memoriam 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS & BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION Biblical interpretation & the Albright school/ Geo E. Mendenhall The influence of G. Ernest Wright on the archaeology of Palestine/ Philip J. King The Bible & Israeli archaeology/ Ephraim Stern A perspective on the new archaeology/ Lawrence E. Toombs The Bible & archaeology: the state of the art/ D. Glenn Rose 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS & BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION Tel Halif: prosperity in a late bronze age city on the edge of the Negev/ Paul F. Jacobs Ai (et-Tell): problem site for biblical archaeologists/ Joseph A. Callaway Dan/ Avraham Biran Tel Gezer: phase II excavations 1972-74/ Joe D. Seger Archaeology & biblical interpretation: Tell el-Hesi/ Ralph W. Doermann Hesi in the Iron II period: a Judean border fortress/ Valerie M. Fargo Araq el-Emir/ Nancy L. Lapp 3 SELECTED TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY & BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION Bab edh-Dhra & the origin of the Sodom saga/ Walter E. Rast Underground water systems in Eretz-Israel in the Iron Age/ Yigal Shiloh Israelite state formation in Iron I/ Frank S. Frick Jeroboam & Rehoboam at Shechem/ Rbt G. Boling & Edward F. Campbell Jr Rehoboam's cities of defense & the Levitical city list/ J. Maxwell Miller The last years of the kingdom of Judah/ Abraham Malamat A bibliography of early Bronze Age sites in Palestine/ James F. Ross List of Contributors Index to Modern Authors Index to Biblical References