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The Contribution of the Amarna Letters to the Debate on Jerusalem's Political Position in the Tenth Century BCE
Nadav Na'aman · 1996
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Document and modern access
- Type
- journal article
- Publication
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, vol. 304, 17-27
Records informed by this source
- geography assertion Jerusalem — geography assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · locates · Amarna-era Jerusalem and tenth-century comparison
Supports identification and archaeological location of Jerusalem; the point is a representative site locator, not an excavation footprint.
- event Gradual development of the Judahite highland polityEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · Jerusalem political-capacity comparison
Provides an alternative argument.
- event Early Iron Age development of JerusalemEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · political-capacity argument
Provides one model.
- ranked model United Monarchy scale and chronologyEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · early capacity
Counterweight.
- ranked model Tenth-century JerusalemEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · comparative capacity
Larger model.
- 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: highinforms · proposes interpretation · political capacity comparison
Supports possible significance.
- date assertion Early Iron Age development of Jerusalem — date assertionEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · proposes interpretation · political-capacity argument
Provides one model.
- date assertion Gradual development of the Judahite highland polity — date assertionEvidence confidence: lowinforms · proposes interpretation · Jerusalem political capacity
Supports an early-capacity model.
- entity JerusalemEvidence confidence: moderateinforms · provides archaeological observation · Amarna-era Jerusalem and tenth-century comparison
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- relationship Jerusalem — located in — Jerusalem and southern highlandsEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides archaeological observation · Amarna-era Jerusalem and tenth-century comparison
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.
- date assertion Jerusalem — date assertioninforms · provides archaeological observation · Amarna-era Jerusalem and tenth-century comparison
Supports the site description, phase range, or principal research relevance.