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| Preface | |
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| Temples and Priests | |
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| Flood Stories | |
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| The Flood in The Epic of Gilgamesh | |
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| The Flood in Genesis | |
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| Divinity and its Limitations | |
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| The Gods in Their Temples: A Sacred Marriage Drama | |
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| Sacred Prostitution | |
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| Covenant and Consequences | |
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| Hear O Israel! The Shema | |
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| The Covenant as a Marriage Contract: Hosea | |
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| The Call of the Prophet | |
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| Prophets and Palaces: Jeremiah Confronts the King | |
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| ldquo;I Will be With Him in Troublerdquo;: Personal Religion and Piety | |
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| Empire, Exile, and Monotheism | |
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| The Great Hymn to the Aten | |
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| Yahweh: The Lord of History | |
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| Tombs and Immortality | |
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| Book Writing: A New Form of Immortality | |
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| Caught in the Act: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Robbers | |
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| Palaces and Kings | |
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| Loyalty to the King: The Egyptian Theory of Government | |
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| But if Pharaoh Fails . . . ? | |
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| Women in Power | |
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| Ku Baba | |
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| Zakutu, Wife of Sennacherib | |
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| Jezebel | |
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| Athaliah | |
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| A Critique of Kingship: The Negative View of Samuel | |
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| War and Warfare | |
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| Sumerian Intercity Wars: Umma versus Lagash | |
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| Sargon of Akkad: The Idea of Empire | |
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| Egyptian Imperialism and Terror | |
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| Assyrian Use of Terror | |
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| The Fall of Jerusalem | |
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| The Horrors of Siege | |
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| POWs and MIAs | |
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| ldquo;A Palace of Cedar, Cypress, Juniper . . . and Tamariskrdquo;: Builders As Well As Destroyers | |
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| An Imperial Coup Drsquo;Etat: The Behistun Inscription of Darius I | |
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| ldquo;That the Strong Might Not Oppress the Weak, and That They Should Give Justice to Orphans and Widowsrdquo; | |
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| Hammurapirsquo;s Justice | |
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| ldquo;To Fill the Vast Land with a Plenitude of Food and Lasting Happiness: The Characteristics of a Perfect Kingshiprdquo; | |
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| The Justice of the Pharaoh | |
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| ldquo;They Carry the Sheaves, but Still Go Hungry; They Tread the Winepresses, yet Suffer Thirstrdquo; | |
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| A Model Persian Governor: Cyrus the Younger (ca. 400 B.C.) | |
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| Daily Life | |
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| Marriage and Property | |
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| Marriage and Children | |
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| Laws Regarding Sex | |
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| Disputes, Litigation, Punishment | |
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| Runaway Slaves | |
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| Crime and Punishment | |
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| Conducting Business | |
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| Negligence | |
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| Debt | |
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| Papyrus Lansing: A Bureaucratrsquo;s View of Life | |
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| ldquo;Wash and Perfume Yourself and Put on Your Best Clothesrdquo; | |
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| The Origin and Spread of the Polis System | |
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| A Greek Definition of the Polis | |
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| Greek Life in the Eighth Century B.C. 1: ldquo;The Shield of Achillesrdquo; | |
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| Greek Life in the Eighth Century B.C. 2: Hesiodrsquo;s Works and Days | |
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| Colonization and the Expansion of the Polis System: The Case of Cyrene | |
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| Herodotusrsquo; Account | |
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| Oath of the Colonists | |
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| Greeks and Non-Greeks in the Greek Colonies: The Foundation of Lampsacus | |
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| Greeks and Scythians in the Black Sea: Coexistence and Interaction | |
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| Warfare and the Polis | |
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| The Aristocratic Warrior | |
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| The Warri | |