The archaeology of cult of ancient Israel’s southern neighbors and the midianite-kenite hypothesis
Abstract: The Midianite-Kenite hypothesis, the idea that the pre-Israelite roots of Yahwism can be traced back to the areas south and southeast of Palestine, has a long pedigree in biblical scholarship. Analyses supporting this view generally agree in three main points. First, they assume that th...
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2021
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| Sumario: | Abstract: The Midianite-Kenite hypothesis, the idea that the pre-Israelite roots of Yahwism
can be traced back to the areas south and southeast of Palestine, has a long pedigree
in biblical scholarship. Analyses supporting this view generally agree in three main points.
First, they assume that the influence of the southern cultic practices on Yahwism occurred
during a restricted period of time, traditionally dated to the Early Iron Age. Second, they
see the origins of Yahwism through the lenses of diffusionist perspectives, characterizing
this process as a movement or migration of one or a few determined groups to Canaan.
And third, adequate analyses of the archaeological evidence of the arid areas to the south
of Palestine are few. In this article I will turn the interpretation of the epigraphic and
archaeological evidence upside down. |
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