Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- 1. THE SCIENCE OF PALESTINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY -- The Essential Alphabet of Archaeology -- A Supplement to Jeremiah -- Sennacherib before Lachish -- War and Commerce at Megiddo -- Jerusalem Underground -- Scrolls from Caves Overlooking the Dead Sea -- 2. THE MAKING OF A MAP -- Pilgrims and Soldiers -- The Founder of Palestinology: Robinson -- Surveying Western Palestine -- New Sources for an Ancient Map -- Surface Exploration for Pottery -- Excavating for a Map -- 3. BAAL AND THE RELIGION OF CANNAN -- The French in Phoenicia -- Monument of Mesha, King of Moab -- The Canaanite Bible from Ugarit -- Sex, Fertility, and Religion -- 4. ASSYRIA, ISRAEL'S ENEMY -- Learning to Read Cuneiform -- The Palace of Sargon -- The Black Obelisk -- Tiglath-pileser's Conquests in Palestine -- Sennacherib at Jerusalem -- 5. MYTH IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- All Mankind Returned to Clay -- Gilgamesh, Most Splendid among Heroes -- Conflict and Creation -- Adapa's Lost Chance for Immortality -- Flood and Creation in Sumer -- 6. LAW AND WISDOM -- Hammurabi, the King of Justice -- Five Codes of Cuneiform Law -- All the Wisdom of Egypt -- Babylon's Wise Men -- POSTSCRIPT -- GLOSSARY -- SOURCES FOR ILLUSTRATIONS -- INDEX -- INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES.