Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.

The orthography of the Aramaic portion of the Tell Fekherye bilingual / Francis I. Anderson and David Noel Freedman -- New horizons in textual criticism / Johann Cook -- Parallels and reinterpretation in the book of Joel : a theology of the Yom Yahweh? / Ferdinand E. Deist -- Psalm 122 / Herbert Donner -- A consideration of two recent theories about Bethso in Josephus's description of Jerusalem and a passage in the temple scroll / J.A. Emerton -- The symbolic significance of the Hem in 1 Samuel 15.27 / Paul A. Kruger -- The kingdom of Judah between Egypt and Babylon : a small state within a great power confrontation / A. Malamat -- Qswsy p'h and pat mdbr / William McKane -- Prayer and sacrifice in Ugarit and Israel / Patrick D. Miller, Jr -- Second thougths on Ebla and the Old Testament / L.M. Muntingh -- Pa'am as a measure of length in 1 Kings 7.4 and KAI 80.1 / M.J. Mulder -- Psalm 132 and covenant theology / Philip Nel -- A third masculine singular taqtul in Biblical Hebrew? / Antoon Schoors -- Ancient Israel : an attempt at a social and economic analysis of the avaliable data / J.A. Soggin -- Structural linguistics and textual criticism / J.B. van Zijl -- Job and its Mesopotamian parallels : a typological analysis / Moshe Weinfeld -- The periodicity of the Mesarum Again / Hannes Olivier -- Zion as primeval stone in Zechariah 3 and 4 / Adam S. van der Woude -- Satzgrenzen bei pendenskonstruktionen : der pendenssatz / Walter BroB -- Notes on the dates in the book of Haggai / P.A. Verhoef -- Die einheit von Sacharja 8,1-8 / Siegfried Mittmann -- Computer-assisted methods and the text and language of the Old Testament : an overview / Walter T. Claassen.