Bronze Age World

Reading ancient testimony

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Type: academic monograph
Publication: Scholars Press

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entity Biblical Balaam traditions
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · comparison of Deir Alla and biblical Balaam
Provides philological and literary analysis.
date assertion Biblical Balaam traditions — date assertion
informs · contextualizes · comparison of Deir Alla and biblical Balaam
Provides philological and literary analysis.
event Production and destruction context of the Deir Alla Balaam plaster texts
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · biblical comparison
Provides literary analysis.
date assertion Production and destruction context of the Deir Alla Balaam plaster texts — date assertion
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · biblical comparison
Provides literary analysis.
claim The Deir Alla and biblical Balaam traditions share a named seer and motifs, but direct textual dependence in either direction is not demonstrated.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · comparative philology
Documents similarities and differences.
relationship Deir Alla Balaam plaster texts — shares named figure with — Biblical Balaam traditions
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · comparative analysis
Supports relationship.
myth interpretation Balaam as a shared Northwest Semitic seer tradition
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · proposes interpretation · comparative analysis
Supports shared tradition.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · proposes interpretation · comparative analysis
Supports shared tradition.