The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties

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academic monograph

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University of California Press

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• claim The label “Jew” is not an appropriate uniform designation for southern Levantine populations between 1600 and 800 BCE.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ very high
  informs · contextualizes · formation of Jewishness

  Places Jewish identity later.

• entity Israelite, Judahite, Judean, and Jew terminology
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes · formation of Jewishness

  Provides later identity history.

• date assertion Israelite, Judahite, Judean, and Jew terminology — date assertion
  informs · contextualizes · formation of Jewishness

  Provides later identity history.

• claim Ancient settlement, inscriptions, or religious traditions do not determine present political sovereignty, citizenship, indigeneity, or legitimacy.
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  informs · contextualizes · later identity formation

  Shows identities change through time.

• property Modern appropriation sensitive
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · contextualizes · later identity formation

  Prevents anachronistic identity projection.

• entity Jewish identities
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · defines · entire monograph

  Explains later formation and boundary changes.

• date assertion Jewish identities — date assertion
  informs · defines · entire monograph

  Explains later formation and boundary changes.

• property assignment Jewish identities — has property — Contextual record outside primary interval
  Evidence confidence: ◈ near certain
  informs · defines · formation of Jewishness

  Supports assignment.

• relationship Judeans — historically related to — Jewish identities
  Evidence confidence: ◈ high
  informs · defines · boundaries and varieties

  Supports relationship.