The Hittites of the Bible

The first reference to israel outside of the bible. This inscription, inscribed on a huge rectangular granite block over three meteres tall, can be dated as precisely as any egyptian inscription can to 12 hundred seven b c. The name israel does not appear in any non biblical documents or inscriptions until the time of solomon's ill fated son, rehoboam, 350 years later. So the israelites were in canaan by 12 o 7 b c. Albright decided to place the exodus a few decades before, during the reign of rameses the second the great. It was a reasonable choice for during the n of ramese the second, the