Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Peter:
>From what I have read in other sources, Ugarit is dated by finds indicating
that it was contemporaneous to the Ramasid pharaohs.

The Ramasid pharaohs are dated by the mainstream to the 13th and 12th
centuries BC, by a  minority to the 10th and 9th centuries BC, and by some
as late as the 7th to 6th centuries BC. Which is correct? I am certain that
the mainstream is wrong, but what about the other proposals?

And if Ugarit's dates are connected to the Ramasid pharaohs, how certain
does it make Ugarit's dates?

Karl W. Randolph.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Peter Bekins <pbekins AT fuse.net> wrote:

> 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
>