entity · text_ugaritic_corpus_comparanda
Ugaritic textual corpus as southern Levantine religious and literary comparanda
Also known as: Ras Shamra texts
Late Bronze Northwest Semitic texts used comparatively for language, deities, ritual, and literature, without assuming direct identity with later Israelite traditions.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1400 BCE–1180 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Yahweh before Israel: Glimpses of History in a Divine Name — Daniel E. Fleming (2021)Uses Ugaritic and other evidence while distinguishing chronology and culture.
Locator: comparative Northwest Semitic evidence throughout
Research description
Late Bronze Northwest Semitic texts used comparatively for language, deities, ritual, and literature, without assuming direct identity with later Israelite traditions. The text is evidence for its own date, genre, and reception; any event or identity inference is modeled separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Yahweh before Israel: Glimpses of History in a Divine Name — Daniel E. Fleming (2021)Uses Ugaritic and other evidence while distinguishing chronology and culture.
Locator: comparative Northwest Semitic evidence throughout
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity