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Section sizes Section size for History of Israel (45 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 3,770 3,770 208 208 Prehistory 4,611 6,202 182 190 Periodisation 1,591 1,591 8 8 Bronze Age Canaan 5,893 5,893 289 289 Ancient Israel and Judah: Iron Age to Babylonian period 127 30,134 0 1,339 Early Israelites (Iron Age I) 4,403 4,403 294 294 Israel and Judah (Iron Age II) 12,651 19,044 389 814 Assyrian invasions 6,393 6,393 425 425 Babylonian period (587–538 BCE) 131 6,560 0 231 First revolt, 597 defeat 2,579 2,579 96 96 Second revolt, 587/86 defeat 2,996 2,996 63 63 Babylonian diaspora after 587/86 BCE 854 854 72 72 Second Temple period 56 27,477 0 1,570 Achaemenid period (538–332 BCE) 3,945 3,945 384 384 Hellenistic period (333–64 BCE) 9,851 9,851 458 458 Early Roman period (64 BCE–2nd century CE) 5,706 5,706 356 356 Jewish–Roman wars 7,919 7,919 372 372 Late Roman and Byzantine periods 81 16,206 0 901 Late Roman period (136–390) 9,800 9,800 485 485 Byzantine period (390–634) 6,325 6,325 416 416 Early Muslim period 3,757 10,197 400 860 Demographic changes 6,440 6,440 460 460 Crusades and Mongols 5,287 5,287 361 361 Mamluk period 3,897 3,897 404 404 Ottoman period 467 17,390 53 1,378 Old Yishuv 5,814 5,814 348 348 Birth of Zionism 6,192 6,192 470 470 World War I 4,917 4,917 507 507 Mandatory Palestine 54 46,902 0 3,161 First years 10,202 10,202 707 707 Increase in Jewish immigration 2,651 2,651 220 220 Arab revolt and the White Paper 7,087 7,087 422 422 World War II and the Holocaust 8,670 8,670 578 578 Illegal Jewish immigration and insurgency 7,672 7,672 477 477 United Nations Partition Plan 6,740 6,740 330 330 Civil War 3,826 3,826 427 427 State of Israel 1,367 1,367 177 177 Demographics 2,446 2,446 0 0 See also 727 727 0 0 Notes 35 35 0 0 References 28 5,481 0 0 Works cited 5,453 5,453 0 0 Further reading 6,798 7,040 0 0 Primary sources 242 242 0 0 External links 1,123 1,123 0 0 Total 191,574 191,574 10,838 10,838

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"A stele of Seti I found in Beth-She'an, dating to ca. 1289 BCE, revealed that a Raham tribe lived in Israel. They were named after the biblical Abraham.[42]"

There is no evidence supplied that Raham is named after Abraham. The source only states that such a tribe exists. Michardav (talk) 16:58, 1 February 2025 (UTC)Michardav[reply]

Already done Looks like you and @Zero managed to get this figured out? (3OpenEyes' communication receptacle) | (PS: Have a good day) (acer was here) 12:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no evidence provided that this tribe was named after Abraham. Michardav (talk) 16:58, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, I checked the source, and it's also obvious that there could be no such evidence unless the stele itself said so (which it doesn't). The relevance of this text is therefore in doubt and I'm removing it. The "Iron Age" referred to in the following sentence was, per the source, 500–600 years later so it isn't confirmation. Zero^talk 02:47, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the source calls them Rehem, not Raham. My Egyptian is not up to knowing how significant this is. Zero^talk 03:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have a source that mentions the possible link explicitly (Oltre la Bibbia. Storia antica di Israele by Liverani (2003)).

Possiamo pensare che i membri di questa tribù si definissero «figli di Raham» (*Banu-Raham) e che avessero come antenato eponimo un «padre di Raham» (*Abu-Raham), che è il nome del patriarca Abramo

English translation: We can think that the members of this tribe defined themselves as 'sons of Raham' (*Banu-Raham) and had as their eponymous ancestor a 'father of Raham' (*Abu-Raham), which is the name of the patriarch Abraham

As far as I remember, the vowels in Ancient Egyptian are not known for sure, so the discrepancy is probably not significant. Alaexis_¿question? 10:42, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"We can suppose" more properly. This seems to be pure conjecture since the text has neither "Banu Raham" nor "Abu Raham". Also it is many centuries earlier than any definite mention of Avraham according to Finkelstein. I don't think we should do conjecture here, but this might be suitable for Abraham if a more analytic source can be found. I see this conjecture in some popular works but not in serious Egyptology. The closest I can find is Albright, Bull. Amer. Schools Orient. Res. vol 125, 1952, pp. 24–52, who writes it as "Ruhma" but has a footnote "There is no basis for pronouncing the word Raham, with Grdseloff, though the verbal stem is obviously the same as in the patriarchal name 'Abraham'". Albright considers who the Ruhma are but never suggests a actual connection to the biblical guy. Incidentally, Albright calls the orthography "syllabic", so the vowels come with the consonants. Zero^talk 11:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it's already covered Abraham#Palestine_origin_hypothesis. Not sure if it's due here as well. Alaexis_¿question? 21:49, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The title "History of Isreal" is misleading. this is because the state Isreal was founded on 1948, yet the page talks about the history of the land. I would recommend to rename it "History of Southern Levant", "History of Canaan", "History of Palestine" or "History of the Holy Land" Aberkan2 (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Day Creature (talk) 13:07, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The state of Israel was founded in 1948, but the history of Israel as a concept goes back for millennia. Nice try at erasing history tho. Metallurgist (talk) 21:42, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is your point that the biblical "Israel", and the modern state (government) of Israel, are the same thing, and that the state of Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy? And that anyone that disagrees is "erasing history"?72.180.111.79 (talk) 22:15, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it should be titled History of present day Israel to be more clear. It didn't confuse me but I can see how it could be. ~2026-41824-9 (talk) 22:55, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Did the holocaust have a role in the migration of jews back to present day Isreal? Why is this not mentioned? ~2026-41824-9 (talk) 22:58, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to be blunt but that is what this is. How can such an article exist actually? What sources discuss the Caliphate period as part of the history of Israel? This is quite unreal. Tiamut (talk) 14:11, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the POVFORK and SYNTH problems have been discussed raised before, and never addressed. What is the best way forward here? No serious scholarly sources discuss ghe History of Israel like this. Tiamut (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]