You are hereHomeBARJuly/August 2018Khirbet el-Mastarah: An Early Israelite Settlement? For an overview of the various models of early Israelite origins, see Ralph K. Hawkins, How Israel Became a People (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2013), pp. 29โ48. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.