Bronze Age World

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Publication: Oxford University Press
Peer reviewed: Yes

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event Formation and redaction of Judges traditions
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Deuteronomy-history relationship
Provides alternatives.
date assertion Formation and redaction of Judges traditions — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · contextualizes · Deuteronomy-history relationship
Provides alternatives.
myth interpretation Judges cycle as theological structuring of local traditions
Evidence confidence: high
informs · contextualizes · corpus relationships
Provides alternative models.
claim Judges may preserve geographically local memories, but its cycle structure and chronology are products of later literary organization.
Disputed interpretationConfidence in this assessment: moderateConfidence in the stated assessment
informs · contextualizes · corpus relationships
Provides alternatives.
claim A biblical narrative is direct evidence for a literary tradition and its reception, not automatically a contemporary report of its narrated event.
Evidence confidence: near certain
informs · defines · composition relationships
Supports source separation.
claim The Deuteronomistic History is best represented as a debated, multi-stage scholarly corpus model rather than one securely dated authorial work.
Evidence confidence: high
informs · defines · model survey
Provides overview.
date assertion Major composition and redaction phases of the Deuteronomistic History — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · defines · Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic History models
Provides overview.
property Literary tradition, not contemporary event report
Evidence confidence: high
informs · defines · composition and corpus relationships
Supports layered literary dating.
entity Deuteronomistic History model
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · defines · handbook overview
Defines the model and major variants.
date assertion Deuteronomistic History model — date assertion
informs · defines · handbook overview
Defines the model and major variants.
event Major composition and redaction phases of the Deuteronomistic History
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · defines · Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic History models
Provides overview.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: high
supports · contextualizes · corpus relationships
Provides alternative models.