Canaanite myths and legends /

The tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Urgarit are here edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world. 'The tablets ... a.re of great importance for the study of literature and religion in an area of the ancient...

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Main Author: Gibson, John C. L.
Other Authors: Driver, G. R. (Godfrey Rolles), 1892-1975
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Ugaritic
Published: London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004
Edition:2nd ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:The tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Urgarit are here edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world. 'The tablets ... a.re of great importance for the study of literature and religion in an area of the ancient world which chiefly through the avenue of the Hebrew bible excercised a deep influence on the rise of European civilization. They are enabling scholarship for the first time to arrive at a positive appraisal of the highler levels of Canaanite culture, which is so remorselessly attacked in the Bible but whi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 167 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xx).
ISBN:9780567126900
0567126900
9786611783655
6611783652
Language:Includes parallel text in English and transliterated Ugaritic.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.