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01:4301:43, 21 April 2015diffhist+948Kingdom of Judah
Updated the intro section to better reflect the content; previous phrasing suggests the united monarchy as fact supported by scholarly consensus, despite this being a contentious claim among scholars and unattested outside of the bible.
22:3522:35, 20 April 2015diffhist +11
Solomon→Chronology: As the division of a united monarchy is contentious among scholars, the grammar of the chronology of that section should reflect it. Change phrasing to reflect.
21:0321:03, 20 April 2015diffhist +17
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Made correction to the header, which refers to another article about a biblical kingdom as a historical one. If the other article is updated to reflect modern archaeology and textual criticisms challenges then it could be called historic.
05:0805:08, 20 April 2015diffhist +487
Kingdom of Judah
Made correction to religion declared in the header table: the people of Judah practiced monoaltristic Yahwism (they worshipped Yahweh, but also other regional gods), this is attested in both the Bible (Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) and by archaeology)
01:2101:21, 20 April 2015diffhist+818Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
Flagged article for use of religious sources as primary sources. The article is written assuming the united monarchy exists, despite contemporary scholarship suggesting otherwise. Please work with me to resolve this issue.
20:4620:46, 4 April 2015diffhist−815Heaven
Removed section on Entry into Heaven, as it spoke only vaguely about religions in general, didn't cite sources, didn't elucidate the idea of how heaven as a dwelling place developed, or add anything other sections can't more appropriately.
26 March 2015
17:1817:18, 26 March 2015diffhist −12
Saoshyant
Removed inappropriate link to Messiah article, as it implies a syncretic link between Zorastrianism, Judaism and Christianity that assumes certain dogmas. This would require well-sourced justification.
22:0922:09, 11 March 2015diffhist +13
Year of the Five Emperors
Fixed misleading language: Roman Emperors as we know them today didn't exist until after Julius Caesar, and didn't call themselves Caesar or Emperor before his time. The heads of the army were known as imperators.
08:4308:43, 11 March 2015diffhist +26
Midian→See also: Added relevant section; article about genocides in the bible may be necessary as the source material isn't historically reliable given its bias and need to self-vindicate.
08:4108:41, 11 March 2015diffhist−643Ammon
Removed section vaguely alluding to race as objective science; modern anthropology does not recognize race as a legitimate concept. The remarks were specifically racist and derogatory, reflecting the bias of conquering Israelites at that time.
08:3208:32, 11 March 2015diffhist +18
Moab
The section deviates from only biblical sources after this, and as such needs a new section.
08:1408:14, 11 March 2015diffhist +20
Ammon
The first part, regarding the Origin of the Ammonites, relies on a racist origin story not given by the Ammonites by themselves, but by their enemies, and should be included with the bibilical narrative.
08:1108:11, 11 March 2015diffhist +25
Ammon→Biblical Narrative: The bible verse cited makes no mention of forced labor, but does mention a genocidal atrocity ordered by David. Biblical scholars argue the morality of the verse, the Ammonites being accused of child sacrifice, but not its content
23:1623:16, 4 March 2015diffhist+1,028Sennacherib
Added flag about better sources being required; archaeology indicates much smaller populations and therefore army sizes here at this time, and Yahweh personally dispatching an army isn't exactly a neutral account.
20:4120:41, 4 March 2015diffhist +182
Ammon
"completely subdued by David" seems euphemistic for a noteworthy instance of extreme cruelty, and attempt at genocide, on David's part, in which he puts to death people from "all the cities of the Children of Ammon" by saws, threshes and ovens.
07:2807:28, 4 March 2015diffhist +68
Alulim
Previous user misrepresented Shea's suggestion, saying that Adam was derived from Alulim. The entire thought may need to be stricken, but Shea's article focuses on Adam being the same figure as Adapa.
16 September 2014
17:2217:22, 16 September 2014diffhist +195
Battle of Potidaea
Adding references for one detail. I read this passage from the source material last night and have not done a side by side comparison to confirm accuracy, but it appears to follow Thucydides account.
