Biblical Archaeology Review

William Foxwell Albright, by Leona Glidden Running and David Noel Freedman (New York: Two Continents Publishing Group, Ltd. 1975), 447 pp., $15.00. Although David Noel Freedman is listed as the co-author, his contribution, as indicated in Dr. Running’s preface, consisted of critically reading various drafts and making helpful suggestions.

James B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1969, pp. 23–25.

Loren R. Fisher, ed. Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1975.

The Philistines and Their Material Culture (Revised Edition), Harvard University Press. We are grateful to Prof. Dothan for making this material available to The Biblical Archaeology Review in advance of publication.

Nevertheless four points should be commented upon:

(a) An argument such as: “I do not believe the development I have just described could have occurred in less than 100 years” (p. 26) is surely not scientific. Why 100? Why not 80 or 70?

For full references, see my Schweich Lectures, Hazor, p. 11, n. 3.

Joshua 11 describes how Joshua smashed a Canaanite league headed by Jabin, King of Hazor; Joshua then captured Hazor, smote its King, and burned the city.—Ed.

A casemate wall consists of a double wall connected with cross-walls which form chambers for storage or troop garrisons.

Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society 1975.

London: Ernest Benn, Ltd. 1974; published in the United States by Praeger Publishers.