Part One: Introduction / Ronald R. Boyce
Prologue: the nature of cities / Ronald R. Boyce
Preface to a new theology of the city / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu
In search of more precise name and place name identifiers / E. Nicole DePue
The growth of Herod's kingdom / Ronald R. Boyce
Jerusalem: the superlative city / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu
A cartographic analysis and brief description of "Preacher Point" and "Miracle Site" cities, towns, villages, and rural places cited in the Four Gospels / Part Two: Urban planning and connectivity / E. Nicole DePue
Damascus, Hazor, and Bashan: northern gateways of the land of Israel / Gordon Franz
Were Solomon and Herod's temples in the City of David over the Gihon Spring? / Dorothy Drummond
Jesus and the Decapolis: a new understanding of the role of Hippos/Susita / Dorothy Drummond
Israel and Phoenicia: wary neighbors over three millennia / Part Three: Urban food security, urban warfare, and famine / William A. Dando and Lara M. Dando
Religion and siege warfare in the Holy Land / Jonathan J. Lu
The conquest of Canaan and the Ai campaign / Perry G. Phillips
Defenses and wars of the Judean kings / William A. Dando and Caroline Z. Dando
Parables: food agriculture, and feeding the cities / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu
Food security in the Roman Empire and faith-based response to human needs: the 46 C.E. famine in Jerusalem / William A. Dando and Lara M. Dando
Urban famines in Samaria and Jerusalem during periods of civil unrest, food plundering, and siege warfare / Part Four: Epilogue / Jonathan J. Lu
Looking back to 2002: Katsav, Arafat, and a Biblical solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict / Ronald R. Boyce
The significance of place in the Bible.
