We Were Not Looking: Reconstructing the Patriarchal World Through Ancient Near Eastern Context

This monograph reconstructs the patriarchal world by grounding biblical and Qur’anic narratives in Middle Bronze Age material geography. Using hydrological modeling, corridor analysis, and ancient land‑law, it argues that wells, ridges, famine cycles, and watershed thresholds shaped prophetic movement and memory. The study moves beyond literary interpretation by situating these traditions within the political and environmental constraints of the Levantine corridor. It offers a context‑restoring framework for recovering the historical landscape beneath the sacred text.