Ze'ev Meshel's Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border, published by the Israel Exploration Society in 2012, is the final peer reviewed excavation report on the site whose pithos inscriptions, blessing by Yahweh and his asherah, are central to scholarly debate over ancient Israelite religion. Its authority rests on Meshel's direct role as the site's original excavator and on publication by Israel's leading archaeological learned society. As the final excavation report it is authoritative for the finds themselves, while the interpretation of what the asherah inscriptions actually mean remains a genuinely open scholarly question this report does not settle on its own.
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Citation
AuthorZe'ev Meshel
PublisherIsrael Exploration Society
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://search.worldcat.org/title/kuntillet-ajrud-horvat-teman-an-iron-age-ii-religious-site-on-the-judah-sinai-border/oclc/801986683
Source TypePrimary excavation report
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the final peer reviewed excavation report by the site's own original excavator, published by a leading national archaeological learned society. NotesFinal excavation report on the site whose pithos inscriptions bless by Yahweh and his asherah.
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This source names Asherah directly: "blessing by Yahweh and his asherah, are central to scholarly debate over ancient Israelite religion."
Source Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai BorderZe'ev Meshel
This source names Israel directly: "Judah-Sinai Border, published by the Israel Exploration Society in 2012, is the final peer reviewed excavation report on the site whose pithos inscriptions, blessing by Yahweh and his asherah, are..."
Source Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai BorderZe'ev Meshel
This source names Israelites directly: "Ze'ev Meshel's Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border, published by the Israel Exploration Society in 2012, is the final peer reviewed excavation..."
Source Kuntillet Ajrud (Horvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai BorderZe'ev Meshel
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Deities, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Empires & Polities, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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