Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Bekins <pbekins AT fuse.net>]

Karl wrote:

> With ANE history so %$#@!d up, depending on which historian you  
> ask, was
> Ugaritic 1400 BC, or as late as after 600 BC? That takes in the  
> whole swath
> from Joshua's invasion, to the Babylonian Exile. So what is the  
> approximate
> date?

Karl, this is moving slightly off topic of B-Hebrew, but so has  
everything else the last couple of weeks. Who dates Ugarit to 600 BCE  
and what exactly is their argument? I was unaware of serious  
disagreement over the date of Ugarit.

Peter Bekins