The comparative philological approach to the text of the Old Testament / Kevin J. Cathcart -- 'As for the other events ... ': annals and chronicles in Israel and the ancient Near East / Meindert Dijkstra -- 'Comparativism' and the God of Israel / Robert P. Gordon -- 'Who would invite a stranger from abroad?' The presence of Greeks in Palestine in Old Testament times / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Death in Egypt and Israel: a theological reflection / Philip S. Johnston -- The hieroglyphic inscriptions of the neo-Hittite states (c. 1200-700 B.C.): a fresh source of background to the Hebrew Bible / Kenneth A. Kitchen -- Disillusion among Jews in the Postexilic period / Margo C.A. Korpel -- Whose monotheism? Which rationality? Reflections on Israelite monotheism in Erhard Gerstenberger's Theologies in the Old Testatment / Nathan MacDonald -- Textual modification: some examples from Egypt / Mervyn E.J. Richardson -- Abraham and his wives: culture and status / Janet E. Tollington -- Pastoral metaphors in the Hebrew Bible and in its ancient Near Eastern context / Pierrre J.P. van Hecke -- The priestly festival calendar and the Babylonian New Year festivals: origin and tranformation of the ancient Israelite festival year / Jan A. Wagenaar -- Language play in the Old Testament and in ancient north-west Semitic inscriptions: some notes on the Kilamuwa inscription / Jan-Wim Wesselius -- Are the biblical Rephaim and the Ugaritic RPUM healers? / P.J. Williams.