Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 18.)

This volume offers the most up-to-date cross-disciplinary assessment of First Temple Jerusalem, summarizing and critiquing earlier theories about its status as a religious and political center and presenting previously unpublished archaeological data. Contributors include Yairah Amit, Jane M. Cahill, Israel Finkelstein, Richard Elliott Friedman, Hillel Geva, James K. Hoffmeier, Ann E. Killebrew, Gary N. Knoppers, Gunnar Lehmann, Ronny Reich, J. J. M. Roberts, William M. Schniedewind, Eli Shukron, Neil Asher Silberman, Margreet Steiner, Lynn Tatum, David Ussishkin, Andrew G. Vaughn, and K. Lawson Younger Jr.