Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, vol. 43, no. 3, 385-404
Peer reviewed: Yes

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myth interpretation Hazor destruction as a possible remembered event
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes interpretation · cultural-memory argument
Principal interpretation.
event Final Late Bronze Age destruction of Hazor
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · memory-model analysis
Tests later narrative memory separately.
event Formation and redaction of the Joshua conquest traditions
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory model
Tests one local link.
myth interpretation Joshua conquest as theological national charter
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory model
Shows possible local memory.
entity Joshua conquest tradition
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor cultural-memory analysis
Tests one possible local memory without validating a synchronous campaign.
relationship Joshua conquest tradition — narrates destruction of — Hazor
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory
Supports comparative relation.
date assertion Final Late Bronze Age destruction of Hazor — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · memory-model analysis
Tests later narrative memory separately.
date assertion Formation and redaction of the Joshua conquest traditions — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory model
Tests one local link.
date assertion Joshua conquest tradition — date assertion
Evidence confidence: low
informs · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory analysis
Provides one local comparison.
claim The final Late Bronze destruction of Hazor is archaeologically secure, but no named group is directly identified as its destroyer.
Evidence confidence: very high
informs · proposes interpretation · possible Israelite cultural-memory connection
Supports one possible later memory, not direct agent identification.
claim Hazor's destruction may have contributed to later cultural memory, but this possibility does not validate the entire conquest narrative or identify the destroyer.
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: lowConfidence in the stated assessment
informs · proposes interpretation · cultural-memory model
Supports possibility.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
supports · proposes interpretation · Hazor memory model
Shows possible local memory.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: low
supports · proposes interpretation · cultural-memory argument
Principal interpretation.