01993nam 2200445zu 450 99624829660331620210807005136.00-7885-0336-7(CKB)3780000000093364(SSID)ssj0000409747(PQKBManifestationID)11279002(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409747(PQKBWorkID)10348539(PQKB)10438942(NjHacI)993780000000093364(EXLCZ)99378000000009336420160829d1997 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrUgaritic Narrative Poetry[Place of publication not identified]Society of Biblical Literature19971 online resource (viii, 265 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph"More than 500 years before the Odyssey and the Iliad, before the biblical books of Genesis or Job, masters of the epic lived and wrote on the Mediterranean coast. The Ugaritic tablets left behind by these master scribes and poets were excavated in the second quarter of the twentieth century from the region of modern Syria and Lebanon, and are brought to life here in contemporary English translations by five of the best known scholars in the field. Included are the major narrative poems, "Kirta," "Aqhat," and "Baal," in addition to ten shorter texts, newly translated with transcriptions from photographs using the latest techniques in the photography of epigraphic materials (sample plate included)."Ugaritic poetryUgaritic languageUgaritic poetry.Ugaritic language.892.67Parker Simon B689596Smith Mark SGreenstein Edward LPQKBBOOK996248296603316Ugaritic Narrative Poetry2379006UNISA