Canaanite myths and legends / J.C.L. Gibson.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Ugaritic |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark International,
©2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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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. |
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| 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. |