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Kuntillet Ajrud documents regionalized Yahwistic discourse and divine associations in the late ninth or eighth century, not a single uniform biblical monotheism across earlier p…

Kuntillet Ajrud documents regionalized Yahwistic discourse and divine associations in the late ninth or eighth century, not a single uniform biblical monotheism across earlier periods.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Levant and biblical-period peoples research expansion
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Research description

Translations of ʾšrth and the installation's function remain debated.

Evidence and sources

Supporting sources

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Contradicting sources

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Other source context

  • informs · provides primary evidence
    The Inscriptions — Shmuel Ahituv, Esther Eshel, Zeev Meshel (2012)

    Direct corpus.


    Locator: blessing formulae and poetic texts
  • informs · proposes interpretation
    Religion at Kuntillet ʿAjrud — Jeremy D. Smoak, William M. Schniedewind (2019)

    Provides contextual model.


    Locator: scribal curriculum and religion

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