Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Torah as History: Rethinking Genre -- Emplotment and Repertoire: A Reading Strategy -- Itineraries: Their Forms and Contexts -- Experimenting with Genre: Using Sources and Shaping Narratives -- An Israelite "Annal" -- The Routes of the Wilderness Sojourn: -- Places in the Wilderness: Geography as Artistry -- Epilogue -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture -- Index of Geographical Names -- Index of Other Ancient Sources.