A Historiographical Observation on Mari and Israel's Origins

This short paper assesses the main connections deployed by ancient Near Eastern and Biblical historiography between the information found in the Mari archives in eastern Syria (18th cent. BCE) and the later origins of Israel in Palestine (ca. 13th-11th cent. BCE). In spite of the unlikeliness of suc...

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Autor principal: Pfoh, Emanuel
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2019
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Sumario:This short paper assesses the main connections deployed by ancient Near Eastern and Biblical historiography between the information found in the Mari archives in eastern Syria (18th cent. BCE) and the later origins of Israel in Palestine (ca. 13th-11th cent. BCE). In spite of the unlikeliness of such a connection in current understandings of the topic, it is however possible to advance some historical and historiographical observations about how to understand Israel's origins.