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Biblical minimalism

movement in biblical scholarship that began in the 1990s, which posited that the Bible cannot be considered reliable evidence for what had happened in ancient Israel, and that "Israel" itself is a problematic subject for historical study
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Biblical minimalism

Summary

Biblical minimalism is a school of thought[1]. It draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_thought category, ranking #38 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biblical minimalism's field of work was biblical archaeology[3].
  • Biblical minimalism's instance of is recorded as school of thought[4].
  • Biblical minimalism's opposite of is recorded as Biblical maximalism[5].
  • Biblical minimalism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027ccth[6].

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Career and Affiliations

Biblical minimalism's field of work was biblical archaeology[3].

Why It Matters

Biblical minimalism draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (school_of_thought category, ranking #38 of 105).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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