| Introduction | |
| Archaeology or Biblical Criticism? | p. 1 |
| The Biblical Chronologies for the Patriarchal Period | p. 9 |
| The Names of the Patriarchs and the "Patriarchal Period" | |
| Statement of the Problem | p. 17 |
| The Names in Context: Abraham | p. 22 |
| Isaac, Israel, and Jacob | p. 36 |
| Mari and the Patriarchs | |
| "Littera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria ..." | p. 52 |
| "Benjamin" at Mari | p. 58 |
| The Early West Semites of Mesopotamia and the "Patriarchal Period" | |
| The "Amorites" of Ur III and Mari | p. 67 |
| Proto-Aramaeans | p. 75 |
| The Early West Semitic "Migration" from Ur to Harran | p. 79 |
| The Early West Semites in Palestine and Syria | |
| The "Patriarchal Period" | p. 89 |
| The Linguistic Material for Palestine from the Early Second Millenium | p. 91 |
| The Execration Texts and their Historical Setting | p. 98 |
| The Dating of the Execration Texts | p. 106 |
| The Execration Texts and the Political Organization of Palestine at the End of the Twelfth Dynasty | p. 113 |
| Egypt and the Amorite Question | |
| The Incursion of the Amorites into the Eastern Delta | p. 118 |
| The '[characters not reproducible]mw and the Amurru | p. 121 |
| The "Asiatics" of the Eastern Desert | p. 123 |
| Sinai and the Delta in Old and Middle Kingdom Records | p. 134 |
| The Incursion of the '[characters not reproducible]mw into Egypt during the First Intermediate Period | p. 137 |
| EB IV/MB I: A Period of Amorite Semi-Nomadic Invasions? | |
| The Influence of the Amorite Hypothesis on Archaeological Interpretation | p. 144 |
| The Evidence for an Invasion from the North | p. 159 |
| The So-called Nomadic Character of EB IV/MB I | p. 165 |
| Abraham as a Caravaneer | |
| The Thesis of C. H. Gordon and W. F. Albright | p. 172 |
| Some Chronological Notes on EB IV/MB I | p. 175 |
| Abraham the Caravaneer, and EB IV/MB I | p. 180 |
| Abraham and the Hapiru Caravans | p. 184 |
| The Problem of Historicity and Genesis 14 | p. 187 |
| Nuzi and the Patriarchal Narratives | |
| The Discovery of the Texts and their Dating | p. 196 |
| Nuzi Family Customs and the Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives | p. 199 |
| Gen 15[subscript 2-4] | p. 203 |
| Gen 11[subscript 29] | p. 230 |
| Gen 12[subscript 10-20] 20[subscript 1-18] and 26[subscript 6-11] | p. 234 |
| Gen 24 | p. 248 |
| Gen 16 21[subscript 1-21] and 29[subscript 31]--30[subscript 24] | p. 252 |
| Gen 29[subscript 9-30] and 30[subscript 25]--31[subscript 54] | p. 269 |
| Gen 25[subscript 29-34] | p. 280 |
| Gen 27[subscript 1-45] | p. 285 |
| Conclusion to Chapter 10 | p. 294 |
| Genesis 11[subscript 10]--12[subscript 9] and the Wanderings of Abraham | |
| The Patriarchs and the Aramaeans | p. 298 |
| The Editorial Construction of the Wanderings of Abraham | p. 308 |
| Some Notes on the Structure of Genealogies and Sagas in Antiquity | p. 311 |
| Summary and Conclusions | |
| The Historical Background of the Patriarchal Narratives | p. 315 |
| Historical and Christian Faith | p. 326 |
| Abbreviations | p. 330 |
| Bibliography | p. 336 |
| Index | p. 379 |
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