entity · people_early_israelites
Early Israelites
Also known as: Israelite communities
Changing communities and networks increasingly associated with the name Israel during Iron I and early Iron II.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–900 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Establishes the name by the late thirteenth century.
Locator: Merneptah Israel attestation - informs · proposes interpretation
First Israel, Core Israel, United (Northern) Israel — Israel Finkelstein (2019)Models changing Israelite formations over time.
Locator: entire article - informs · proposes interpretation
Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up? Archaeology and Israelite Historiography — William G. Dever (1995)Provides an alternative archaeological synthesis.
Locator: pp. 200-213
Research description
Changing communities and networks increasingly associated with the name Israel during Iron I and early Iron II. The record preserves the distinction between source label, archaeological pattern, political formation, and later identity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
Israel in the Merneptah Stela — Michael G. Hasel (1994)Establishes the name by the late thirteenth century.
Locator: Merneptah Israel attestation - informs · proposes interpretation
First Israel, Core Israel, United (Northern) Israel — Israel Finkelstein (2019)Models changing Israelite formations over time.
Locator: entire article - informs · proposes interpretation
Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up? Archaeology and Israelite Historiography — William G. Dever (1995)Provides an alternative archaeological synthesis.
Locator: pp. 200-213
Referenced records
- Central highlands · entity