Topic for 2012 Amsterdam Meeting: Conclusions about Writing HistoryThis is a closed group (papers by invitation only).
Members of the Seminar include: Hans Barstad, Edinburgh; Bob Becking, Utrecht; Ehud Ben Zvi, Edmonton; Joseph Blenkinsopp, Notre Dame; Philip Davies, Sheffield; Diana Edelman, Sheffield; Philippe Guillaume, Bern; Axel Knauf, Bern; Niles Peter Lemche, Copenhagen; Nadav Na'aman, Tel Aviv; Thomas Thompson, Copenhagen.
Previous publications of the Seminar: Can a History of Israel Be Written?, 1997; Leading Captivity Captive, 1998; Did Moses Speak Attic?, 2001; Like a Bird in a Cage, 2003; Good Kings and Bad Kings: The Kingdom of Judah in the Seventh Century BCE, 2005; Ahab Agonistes: The Rise and Fall of the Omri Dynasty, 2007; Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIA (c. 1250-850 BCE): Volume 1 The Archaeology, 2008; Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIA (c. 1250-850 BCE): Volume 2 The Text, 2010; Enquire of the Former Age, forthcoming 2011.