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| | List of Figures | 5 | |
| | List of Tables | 7 | |
| | Preface to the Second Edition | 9 | |
| | Dedication | 13 | |
| | 1 | Introduction | 15 | |
| | 2 | A Peculiar Phenomenon | 21 | |
| | | 2.1 | Biblical People in Secular History | 21 | |
| | | 2.2 | A Problem in Biblical Chronology | 25 | |
| | 3 | Some Biblical Hints | 27 | |
| | | 3.1 | A Chronological Conflict in the Bible | 27 | |
| | | | 3.1.1 | A Judges -- 1 Samuel Interlude | 28 | |
| | | | 3.1.2 | Acts 13 | 29 | |
| | | 3.2 | A New Approach | 32 | |
| | 4 | Development of a New Pre-monarchical Chronology | 35 | |
| | | 4.1 | Textual Matters | 35 | |
| | | 4.2 | Finding an Anchor | 40 | |
| | | | 4.2.1 | Biblical Archaeology | 41 | |
| | | | 4.2.2 | The Conquest of Ai | 43 | |
| | | 4.3 | Restoring the Biblical Text | 48 | |
| | | 4.4 | A Simple Explanation | 50 | |
| | | 4.5 | The New Chronology | 50 | |
| | | 4.6 | Biblical Genealogies | 53 | |
| | 5 | Harmony Restored | 57 | |
| | | 5.1 | The Exodus | 57 | |
| | | | 5.1.1 | The New Date | 60 | |
| | | 5.2 | The Wilderness Wandering | 61 | |
| | | | 5.2.1 | Mt. Sinai | 62 | |
| | | 5.3 | Palestine | 63 | |
| | | 5.4 | Conclusion | 65 | |
| | 6 | More Harmony | 67 | |
| | | 6.1 | The Time of Abraham | 67 | |
| | | 6.2 | Joseph's Famine | 68 | |
| | | 6.3 | The Missing Egyptians | 72 | |
| | | 6.4 | Conclusion | 74 | |
| | 7 | Some Pre-monarchical Biblical People | 75 | |
| | | 7.1 | Biblical Historical Persons | 75 | |
| | | | 7.1.1 | Cushan-rishathaim | 76 | |
| | | | 7.1.2 | The Pharaohs of the Oppression and Exodus | 78 | |
| | | | 7.1.3 | Joseph and Joseph's Pharaoh | 80 | |
| | | 7.2 | Conclusion | 82 | |
| | 8 | Cities of the Conquest | 85 | |
| | | 8.1 | Jericho | 86 | |
| | | 8.2 | Other Cities | 90 | |
| | | 8.3 | Conclusion | 93 | |
| | 9 | Miscellaneous Implications | 95 | |
| | | 9.1 | Composition Dates of Old Testament Books | 95 | |
| | | 9.2 | Habiru | 97 | |
| | | 9.3 | History of Israel | 98 | |
| | 10 | The New Chronology in Perspective | 101 | |
| | | 10.1 | Validity of the New Chronology | 101 | |
| | | 10.2 | A Context for This Work | 103 | |
| | | | 10.2.1 | A Brief Historical Sketch | 104 | |
| | Bibliography | 105 | |
| | Index | 110 | |
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