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Later writers have questioned the identified sanctuary locations but supported the thesis of a Midianite league. [[George E. Mendenhall|George Mendenhall]] suggests that the Midianites were a non-[[Semitic languages|Semitic]] confederate group,<ref>"The Incident at Beth Baal Peor", ''The Tenth Generation: The Origins of the Biblical Tradition'', 1973</ref> and [[William Dumbrell]] maintains the same:
{{quote|We believe that Haupt's proposal is to be adopted, and that Midian, rather than depicting a land, is a general term for an amorphous league of the [[Late Bronze Age]], of wide geographical range, who, after a series of reverses, the most prominent of which are recorded in {{bibleverse||Judges|6–7|HE}}, largely disappeared from the historical
William J. Dumbrell, Midian: A Land or a League?, ''Vetus Testamentum'', Vol. 25, Fasc. 2, No. 2a. Jubilee Number (May, 1975), p. 32.</ref>}}
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