Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-481) and index.

Jerusalem in Bible and archaeology : dialogues and discussions / Ann E. Killebrew, Andrew G. Vaughn -- Part 1--Jerusalem during the reigns of David and Solomon -- Jerusalem at the time of the united monarchy : the archaeological evidence / Jane M. Cahill -- The rise of Jerusalem and Judah : the missing link / Israel Finkelstein -- Solomon's Jerusalem : the text and the facts on the ground / David Ussishkin -- The united monarchy in the countryside : Jerusalem, Judah, and the Shephelah during the tenth century B.C.E. / Gunnar Lehmann -- Solomon's Jerusalem and the Zion tradition / J.J.M. Roberts -- Solomon and the great histories / Richard Elliott Friedman -- Part 2--The rise and fall of Jerusalem at the end of the Judahite kingdom -- Western Jerusalem at the end of the First Temple period in light of the excavations in the Jewish Quarter / Hillel Geva -- The urban development of Jerusalem in the late eighth century B.C.E. / Ronny Reich, Eli Shukron -- Egypt's role in the events of 701 B.C. in Jerusalem / James K. Hoffmeier -- Assyrian involvement in the southern Levant at the end of the eighth century B.C.E. / K. Lawson Younger Jr. -- Egypt, Assyria, Isaiah, and the Ashdod affair : an alternative proposal / J.J.M. Roberts -- Egypt's role in the events of 701 B.C. : a rejoinder to J.J.M. Roberts / James K. Hoffmeier -- Jerusalem in conflict : the evidence for the seventh-century B.C.E. religious struggle over Jerusalem / Lynn Tatum -- "The city Yhwh has chosen" : the Chronicler's promotion of Jerusalem in light of recent archaeology / Gary N. Knoppers -- Part 3--Biblical Jerusalem : toward a consensus -- Biblical Jerusalem : an archaeological assessment / Ann E. Killebrew -- The evidence from Kenyon's excavations in Jerusalem : a response essay / Margreet Steiner -- Jerusalem in Bible and archaeology : when did Jerusalem become a subject of polemic? / Yairah Amit -- Jerusalem, the late Judaean monarchy, and the composition of biblical texts / William M. Schniedewind -- Archaeology, ideology, and the search for David and Solomon / Neil Asher Silberman -- Is biblical archaeology theologically useful today? Yes, a programmatic proposal / Andrew G. Vaughn.