Includes bibliographical references

Israel in its historical and cultural setting / R.E. Clements -- Anthropology and the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- Sociology and the Old Testament / A.D.H. Mayes -- Ecology, agriculture and patterns of settlement / F.S. Frick -- Israel as a tribal society / J.D. Martin -- Israelite kingship : the royal ideology and its opponents / K.W. Whitelam -- The concept of Israel in transition / H.G.M. Williamson -- The origins of the Jewish diaspora / R.J. Coggins -- Ideas of law and legal administration : a semiotic approach / B.S. Jackson -- Prophecy and society / R.P. Carroll -- The social world of the wisdom writers / R.N. Whybray -- The social world of the apocalyptic writings / P.R. Davies -- Holiness and cult / P.J. Budd -- The concept of holy war / G.H. Jones -- Covenant ideology in ancient Israel / R. Davidson -- Land : its rights and privileges / E.W. Davies -- Women in ancient Israel / G.I. Emmerson -- Life and death in the Old Testament / M.A. Knibb