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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453166603321

Autore

Gibson John C. L

Titolo

Canaanite myths and legends [[electronic resource] /] / J.C.L. Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-78365-X

9786611783655

0-567-12690-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DriverGodfrey Rolles <1892-1975.>

Disciplina

299/.24

Soggetti

Canaanites

Legends - Palestine

Legends - Syria

Mythology, Canaanite

Electronic books.

Ugarit (Extinct city)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xiii]-xx).

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; CONTENTS; CONCORDANCE OF TABLETS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INTRODUCTION; TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION OF THE TEXTS; NOTE ON THE PHONOLOGY OF UGARITIC; GLOSSARY; BIBLICAL AND OTHER REFERENCES; ADDENDA; TABLE OF UGARITIC SIGNS

Sommario/riassunto

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 exercised 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