Part I: Iron Age Israel 1. 'Plead for the Poor and the Widow: The Ostracon from Khirbet Qeiyafa as Expression of Social Consciousness', is an updated version of a piece originally published by me and Paul Sanders in ZAR 17(2011), pp. 133-148. I would like to thank Paul for his consent to republish. We defended - and still defend - the view that this text has been a writing exercise and that the contents present a view of social responsibility comparable to other sources from the ancient Near East. 2. 'An Iron Age Jar Inscription from Khirbet Qeiyafa, but who is Eshbaal', is newly written. It deals with a small inscription on the shoulder of a jar. Since the name Eshbaal also occurs in the Hebrew Bible the slithery path of identification is taken. 3. 'The Tel Dan Inscription and its Problems', is a patchwork of a set of articles: 'Het "Huis van David" in een pre-exilische inscriptie uit Tel...
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