Recent studies assign the eclipse mentioned in the Old Testament book of Joshua as occurred on 30 October 1207 BC, because seems that it is the only annular or total eclipse visible from the Canaan Region from 1500 BCE to 1050 BCE.
According to my attempt to recalibrate the DeltaT, based mainly in this period on the total eclipses that occurred at Ugarit in 1223 BCE and at Ekemberg in 1230 BCE, other events could have occurred, including a total eclipse, choosing Jericho as a reference location. Let’s see the 4 events in particular. All events are computed by means of the new ephemeris DE441.
Reference : https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/oldest-recorded-solar-eclipse-helps-date-the-egyptian-pharaohs
Hi
Very interesting research.
An other article was published a few weeks ago on arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.09402.pdf (using DE406).
The eclipse of 30 September 1131 BCE is preferred by the author.
There is also an article by two Israeli researchers on https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338738967_The_Miracle_of_the_Sun_and_Moon_in_Joshua_10_as_a_Solar_Eclipse
Both articles can be downloaded as PDF files.
Regards
HI,
I was not yet aware of the existence of the first article, it could be useful to me to refine the calibration in this time period. Thanks
Alberto