Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term

Autores
Kletter, Raz; Niesiołowski Spanò, Łukasz; Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
Año de publicación
2023
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inglés
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The prefix “proto”, originally from the Greek, carries several meanings, including first, earliest, original and primitive. A “prototype” is the first or original type, and “proto” may indicate something in the way of becoming. In this article we offer a critical review of the history and uses of the term “proto-Israelites” in biblical and archaeological studies since 1943. The prehistory of ‘early Israel’ has shrunk from the Early Bronze to the Iron Age, but the use of “proto-Israel” has grown since the 1990s, tied to issues of historicity and ethnicity. “Proto-Israelite” is a misleading term. It enables scholars to re-find a united, ethnic Israel, by projecting it onto the past in disguise, as “proto-Israel”. There are no “proto-people” that carry “proto-ethnicity”. The use of “proto-Israelites” serves modern ideologies. We suggest more neutral terms, which do not beg the question whether an Israelite ethnic community existed, or can be identified in material remains of the Iron Age I.
Fil: Kletter, Raz. University of Helsinki; Finlandia
Fil: Niesiołowski Spanò, Łukasz. Uniwersytet Warszawski; Argentina
Fil: Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste. Pont. Universidad Catolica Arg."sta.maria de Los Bs.as.". Facultad de Cs. Sociales, Politicas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ETHNICITY
IDENTITY
PROTO-ISRAEL
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title Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
spellingShingle Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
Kletter, Raz
ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISRAEL
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ETHNICITY
IDENTITY
PROTO-ISRAEL
title_short Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
title_full Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
title_fullStr Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
title_full_unstemmed Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
title_sort Proto-Israelites: The Story of a Misleading Term
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kletter, Raz
Niesiołowski Spanò, Łukasz
Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
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Niesiołowski Spanò, Łukasz
Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste
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BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ETHNICITY
IDENTITY
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BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ETHNICITY
IDENTITY
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The prefix “proto”, originally from the Greek, carries several meanings, including first, earliest, original and primitive. A “prototype” is the first or original type, and “proto” may indicate something in the way of becoming. In this article we offer a critical review of the history and uses of the term “proto-Israelites” in biblical and archaeological studies since 1943. The prehistory of ‘early Israel’ has shrunk from the Early Bronze to the Iron Age, but the use of “proto-Israel” has grown since the 1990s, tied to issues of historicity and ethnicity. “Proto-Israelite” is a misleading term. It enables scholars to re-find a united, ethnic Israel, by projecting it onto the past in disguise, as “proto-Israel”. There are no “proto-people” that carry “proto-ethnicity”. The use of “proto-Israelites” serves modern ideologies. We suggest more neutral terms, which do not beg the question whether an Israelite ethnic community existed, or can be identified in material remains of the Iron Age I.
Fil: Kletter, Raz. University of Helsinki; Finlandia
Fil: Niesiołowski Spanò, Łukasz. Uniwersytet Warszawski; Argentina
Fil: Pfoh, Emanuel Oreste. Pont. Universidad Catolica Arg."sta.maria de Los Bs.as.". Facultad de Cs. Sociales, Politicas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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