entity · trad_balaam_biblical
Biblical Balaam traditions
Also known as: Balaam son of Beor in Numbers
Biblical stories and poems about Balaam son of Beor, comparable by name and motifs to the Deir Alla text but not proven to derive directly from it.
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.
700 BCE–400 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
The Balaam Text from Deir ‘Alla — Jo Ann Hackett (1984)Provides philological and literary analysis.
Locator: comparison of Deir Alla and biblical Balaam - informs · critiques interpretation
The Balaam Text from Deir ‘Alla Re-evaluated — Gerrit van der Kooij, Jacob Hoftijzer (1991)Documents alternative relationships.
Locator: comparative studies
Research description
Biblical stories and poems about Balaam son of Beor, comparable by name and motifs to the Deir Alla text but not proven to derive directly from it. The date range describes proposed composition/redaction activity, not the narrative setting.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The Balaam Text from Deir ‘Alla — Jo Ann Hackett (1984)Provides philological and literary analysis.
Locator: comparison of Deir Alla and biblical Balaam - informs · critiques interpretation
The Balaam Text from Deir ‘Alla Re-evaluated — Gerrit van der Kooij, Jacob Hoftijzer (1991)Documents alternative relationships.
Locator: comparative studies
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity