Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article
Publication: Levant, vol. 30, 167-174
Peer reviewed: Yes

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entity Solomon traditions
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative chronology
Challenges traditional attribution of monumental architecture.
date assertion Solomon traditions — date assertion
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative chronology
Challenges traditional attribution of monumental architecture.
event Early Iron Age development of Jerusalem
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative chronology and state scale
Provides a counter-model.
ranked model United Monarchy scale and chronology
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · critiques interpretation · low chronology
Scale caution.
ranked model Tenth-century Jerusalem
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative view
Smaller model.
date assertion Early Iron Age development of Jerusalem — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative chronology and state scale
Provides a counter-model.
claim No securely identified contemporary inscription from Solomon's putative reign directly names Solomon.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · critiques interpretation · architectural attribution
Shows chronology dispute.
claim Jerusalem was occupied in the tenth century BCE, but its population, monumental scale, administrative capacity, and control over distant regions remain contested.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · critiques interpretation · alternative chronology/scale
Supports caution.
claim Attribution of monumental gates, palaces, and administrative systems to Solomon depends on contested ceramic and radiocarbon chronologies.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · proposes interpretation · alternative chronology
States low-chronology case.