Books Received

Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, 1993. Pp. xx + 449. AHLSTROM, GOSTA W. The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander's Conquest. JSOT Supplement Series 146. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993. Pp. 990. AHMED, LEILA. Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate. Women's Studies/Middle East Studies. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993. Pp. viii + 296. $15.