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| Introduction | |
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| Archaeology or Biblical Criticism? | |
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| The Biblical Chronologies for the Patriarchal Period | |
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| The Names of the Patriarchs and the "Patriarchal Period" | |
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| Statement of the Problem | |
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| The Names in Context: Abraham | |
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| Isaac, Israel, and Jacob | |
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| Mari and the Patriarchs | |
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| "Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria ..." | |
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| "Benjamin" at Mari | |
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| The Early West Semites of Mesopotamia and the "Patriarchal Period" | |
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| The "Amorites" of Ur III and Mari | |
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| Proto-Aramaeans | |
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| The Early West Semitic "Migration" from Ur to Harran | |
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| The Early West Semites in Palestine and Syria | |
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| The "Patriarchal Period" | |
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| The Linguistic Material for Palestine from the Early Second Millenium | |
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| The Execration Texts and their Historical Setting | |
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| The Dating of the Execration Texts | |
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| The Execration Texts and the Political Organization of Palestine at the End of the Twelfth Dynasty | |
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| Egypt and the Amorite Question | |
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| The Incursion of the Amorites into the Eastern Delta | |
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| The '[characters not reproducible]mw and the Amurru | |
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| The "Asiatics" of the Eastern Desert | |
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| Sinai and the Delta in Old and Middle Kingdom Records | |
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| The Incursion of the '[characters not reproducible]mw into Egypt during the First Intermediate Period | |
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| EB IV/MB I: A Period of Amorite Semi-Nomadic Invasions? | |
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| The Influence of the Amorite Hypothesis on Archaeological Interpretation | |
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| The Evidence for an Invasion from the North | |
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| The So-called Nomadic Character of EB IV/MB I | |
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| Abraham as a Caravaneer | |
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| The Thesis of C. H. Gordon and W. F. Albright | |
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| Some Chronological Notes on EB IV/MB I | |
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| Abraham the Caravaneer, and EB IV/MB I | |
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| Abraham and the Hapiru Caravans | |
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| The Problem of Historicity and Genesis 14 | |
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| Nuzi and the Patriarchal Narratives | |
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| The Discovery of the Texts and their Dating | |
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| Nuzi Family Customs and the Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives | |
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| Gen 15[subscript 2-4] | |
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| Gen 11[subscript 29] | |
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| Gen 12[subscript 10-20] 20[subscript 1-18] and 26[subscript 6-11] | |
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| Gen 24 | |
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| Gen 16 21[subscript 1-21] and 29[subscript 31]--30[subscript 24] | |
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| Gen 29[subscript 9-30] and 30[subscript 25]--31[subscript 54] | |
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| Gen 25[subscript 29-34] | |
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| Gen 27[subscript 1-45] | |
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| Conclusion to Chapter 10 | |
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| Genesis 11[subscript 10]--12[subscript 9] and the Wanderings of Abraham | |
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| The Patriarchs and the Aramaeans | |
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| The Editorial Construction of the Wanderings of Abraham | |
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| Some Notes on the Structure of Genealogies and Sagas in Antiquity | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| The Historical Background of the Patriarchal Narratives | |
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| Historical and Christian Faith | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |