Steven Collins and Latayne C. Scott's Discovering the City of Sodom, published by Howard Books in 2013, is the excavator's own account of his identification of Tall el-Hammam in Jordan as the biblical Sodom. Its authority is that of a firsthand narrative by the archaeologist who led the excavation, describing his own reasoning and finds directly. It is explicitly the proponent's own case for a contested identification that most biblical archaeologists have not accepted, written for a popular readership rather than through the peer review process a journal article would require, so it is cited here to represent that camp's own argument in its own words, not as a neutral or settled scholarly conclusion.
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Steven Collins and Latayne C. Scott's Discovering the City of Sodom, published by Howard Books in 2013, the lower tier reflecting that it is the excavating archaeologist's own popular level narrative making his own case for a contested site identification most biblical archaeologists have not accepted, written for a general readership rather than through peer review. Cite it to represent this camp's own argument in its own words, never as a settled scholarly conclusion. NotesThe excavator's own case for identifying Tall el-Hammam in Jordan with Sodom. Cited so that the proponent camp is represented by its own statement of the argument rather than by its critics' summary of it. Not a neutral source and not treated as one.
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AuthorSteven Collins and Latayne C. Scott
PublisherHoward Books
Publication Year2013
Source Typebook
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This source names Jordan directly: "identification of Tall el-Hammam in Jordan as the biblical Sodom."
Sodom, Cities This source names Sodom directly: "Scott's Discovering the City of Sodom, published by Howard Books in 2013, is the excavator's own account of his identification of Tall el-Hammam in Jordan as the biblical Sodom."
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Cities, 3 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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