The Companion to Ancient Israel offers an innovative overview of ancient Israelite culture and history, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fields. Distinguished scholars provide original contributions that explore the tradition in all its complexity, multiplicity and diversity. A methodologically sophisticated overview of ancient Israelite culture that provides insights into  political and social history, culture, and methodologyExplores what we can say about the cultures and history of the people of Israel and Judah, but also investigates how we know what we knowPresents fresh insights, richly informed by a variety of approaches and fieldsDelves into ‘religion as lived,’ an approach that asks about the everyday lives of ordinary people and the material cultures that they construct and experienceEach essay is an original contribution to the subject