| The Promise of the Land |
| The Taubman Professorship and Lectures |
| Acknowledgments |
| Abbreviations |
| Introduction |
 | 1— The Patriarchal Stories in the Light of Greek Foundation Stories |
| 2— The Pattern of Israelite Settlement: A Comparison with the Pattern of Greek Colonization |
| 3— The Borders of the Promised Land: Two Views |
| 4— Expulsion, Dispossession, and Extermination of the Pre-Israelite Population in the Biblical Sources |
| 5— The Conquest of the Land of Canaan: Reality and Ideology |
| 6— The Conquest and Settlement According to the Different Accounts |
| 7— Two Introductions to the Period of Judges |
| 8— The Inheritance of the Land: Privilege versus Obligation |
| 9— The Covenantal Aspect of the Promise of the Land to Israel |
| Bibliography |
| Index of Texts |
| Index of Subjects |
 | Index of Scholars |
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