Number 310 May 1998
ARTICLES
- DENISE SCHMANDT-BESSERAT: 'Ain Ghazal "Monumental" Figures . . . . . 1
- NIELS PETER LEMCHE: Greater Canaan: The Implications of a Correct Reading of EA 151:49-67 . . . . . 19
- CHRISTINE LILYQUIST: The Use of Ivories as Interpreters of Political History . . . . . 25
- JOSEPH NAVEH: Achish-Ikausu in the Light of hte Ekron Dedication . . . . . 35
- UZI AVNER AND JODI MAGNESS: Early Islamic Settlement in the Southern Negev . . . . . 39
REVIEW ARTICLE
- JOHN HUEHNERGARD: A Grammar of Amarna Canaanite . . . . . 59
BOOK REVIEWS
- RALPH E. HENDRIX, PHILIP R. DREW, AND J. BJORNAR STORFJELL: Ancient Pottery of Transjordan: An Introduction Utilizing Published Whole Forms--Late Neolithic through Late Islamic (Suzanne Richard) . . . . . 79
- A. BERNARD KNAPP: Society and Polity at Bronze Age Pella: An Annales Perspective (Steven E. Falconer) . . . . . 81
- EZAT O. NEGAHBAN: Marlik: The Complete Excavation Report, vols. 1 and 2 (Timothy Matney) . . . . . 82
- RAZ KLETTER: The Judean Pillar-Figurines and the Archaeology of Asherah (Ron Tappy) . . . . . 85
- JEFFREY KAH-JIN KUAN: Neo-Assyrian Historical Inscriptions and Syria-Palestine (Tammi J. Schneider) . . . . . 89
- ROBERT SCHICK: The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule: A Historical and Archaeological Study (C. J. Lenzen) . . . . . 91
- JOHN R. HUDDLESTUN, editor: Divine Commandment and Human Obligation: Selected Writings of David Noel Freedman, vols. 1 and 2 (Gary A. Rendsburg) . . . . . 92
- JOE D. SEGER, editor: Retrieving the Past, Essays on Archaeological Research and Methodology in Honor of Gus W. Van Beek (Alexander H. Joffe) . . . . . 94