secondary_synthesis · src_finkelstein_2019_first_israel
First Israel, Core Israel, United (Northern) Israel
Israel Finkelstein · 2019
Citation metadata
- Type
- journal article
- Publication
- Near Eastern Archaeology, vol. 82, no. 2, 68-75
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
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- entity Early IsraelitesEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · entire article
Models changing Israelite formations over time.
- date assertion Early Israelites — date assertioninforms · proposes interpretation · entire article
Models changing Israelite formations over time.
- entity IsraelEvidence confidence: highinforms · proposes interpretation · changing Israel formations
Models later political changes.
- date assertion Israel — date assertioninforms · proposes interpretation · changing Israel formations
Models later political changes.
- event Early consolidation of the northern Israelite polityEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · First/Core/United Northern Israel model
Provides one staged model.
- causal hypothesis Asymmetric formation of Israel and JudahEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · northern formation
Northern chronology.
- relationship Early Israelites — contributes to formation of — Kingdom of IsraelEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · changing Israel formations
Supports staged relationship.
- date assertion Early consolidation of the northern Israelite polity — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · First/Core/United Northern Israel model
Provides one staged model.
- claim The Merneptah attestation proves the name Israel by the late thirteenth century but does not by itself explain Israelite ethnogenesis.Evidence confidence: near certaininforms · proposes interpretation · later formation models
Shows additional reconstruction required.
- claim Israelite and Judahite identities formed through multistage processes involving local continuity, political consolidation, regional differentiation, and later pan-Israelite trad…Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: moderateConfidence in the stated assessmentinforms · proposes interpretation · northern formations
Provides staged northern model.
- claim The biblical division of one United Monarchy should not be assumed as the only model for the emergence of Israel and Judah.Evidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · northern development
Supports asymmetry.
- claim Israel is a historically changing term that cannot be assigned one unchanged population, territory, or polity from the Merneptah Stele through the monarchic period.Evidence confidence: highinforms · proposes interpretation · changing Israel formations
Models later shifts.