Introduction / Diana V. Edelman -- The Authority of Deuteronomy / Philip R. Davies -- Rereading Deuteronomy in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods: The Ethics of Brotherhood and the Care of the Poor / Christoph Levin -- Why "Joshua"? / E. Axel Knauf -- The Case of Joshua / Serge Frolov -- Who Was Interested in the Book of Judges in the Persian-Hellenistic Periods? / Yairah Amit -- Memories Laid to Rest: The Book of Judges in the Persian Period / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- 1-2 Samuel and Jewish Paideia in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods / Thomas M. Bolin -- What Made the Books of Samuel Authoritative in the Discourses of the Persian Period? Reflections on the Legal Discourse in 2 Samuel 14 / Klaus-Peter Adam -- The Case of the Book of Kings / Thomas Römer -- On the Authority of Dead Kings / James R. Linville.