LEADER 01993nam 2200445zu 450 001 996248296603316 005 20210807005136.0 010 $a0-7885-0336-7 035 $a(CKB)3780000000093364 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000409747 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279002 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409747 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10348539 035 $a(PQKB)10438942 035 $a(NjHacI)993780000000093364 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000093364 100 $a20160829d1997 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUgaritic Narrative Poetry 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cSociety of Biblical Literature$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 330 $a"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)." 606 $aUgaritic poetry 606 $aUgaritic language 615 0$aUgaritic poetry. 615 0$aUgaritic language. 676 $a892.67 700 $aParker$b Simon B$0689596 702 $aSmith$b Mark S 702 $aGreenstein$b Edward L 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248296603316 996 $aUgaritic Narrative Poetry$92379006 997 $aUNISA