Handbook Of Ugaritic Studies

Author : Wilfred Watson,Nicolas Wyatt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004294103

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Handbook of Ugaritic Studies by Wilfred Watson,Nicolas Wyatt Pdf

All aspects of the ancient site of Ras Shamra (Ugarit) are treated in this compendium: discovery, decipherment of script, interpretation of literary, diplomatic and legal texts, as well as analysis of languages, history, religion and iconography. Cyrus Gordon called its archives 'the foremost literary discovery of the twentieth century' and they have undoubtedly revolutionized our knowledge of the background to Greek, Phoenician and Israelite culture.

Author : William M. Schniedewind,Joel H. Hunt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139466981

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A Primer on Ugaritic by William M. Schniedewind,Joel H. Hunt Pdf

A Primer on Ugaritic is an introduction to the language of the ancient city of Ugarit, a city that flourished in the second millennium BCE on the Lebanese coast, placed in the context of the culture, literature, and religion of this ancient Semitic culture. The Ugaritic language and literature was a precursor to Canaanite and serves as one of our most important resources for understanding the Old Testament and the Hebrew language. Special emphasis is placed on contextualization of the Ugaritic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian. The book begins with a general introduction to ancient Ugarit, and the introduction to the various genres of Ugaritic literature is placed in the context of this introduction. The language is introduced by genre, beginning with prose and letters, proceeding to administrative, and finally introducing the classic examples of Ugaritic epic. A summary of the grammar, a glossary, and a bibliography round out the volume.

Author : Pierre Bordreuil,Dennis Pardee
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066523

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A Manual of Ugaritic by Pierre Bordreuil,Dennis Pardee Pdf

Pierre Bordreuil and Dennis Pardee are two of the best-known scholars doing research on the language and texts of the ancient city of Ugarit (modern Tell Ras Shamra). This grammar was first published in French in 2004 in two volumes; and Eisenbrauns is pleased to make it available now in a corrected and updated version, in one volume, with significant enhancements. In addition to including all of the information present in the French edition, this English edition includes a CD with a complete, hyperlinked PDF version of the grammar. The book includes a historical introduction to the texts and language, the book includes a sketch of the grammar of Ugaritic, a bibliography, facsimiles (hand-copies) of a number of texts, and a glossary and text concordance—in short, everything that a student needs for entrée into the language. On the CD, in addition to the PDF, color photos of all of the texts included in the book are provided. The hyperlinks to the PDF enable the reader to move easily from the discussion in the grammar to a copy of a text to the color photo of the text and back again, making the material much more accessible and usable for students and researchers. Pierre Bordreuil inaugurated a chair in Ugaritic at the écoles des langues et civilisations orientales at the Institut catholique de Paris. Dennis Pardee teaches in the Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Author : Peter C. Craigie
Publisher : Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0802819281

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Ugarit and the Old Testament by Peter C. Craigie Pdf

Author : Daniel Sivan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789047427216

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A Grammar of the Ugaritic Language by Daniel Sivan Pdf

Ugaritic, discovered in 1929, is a North-West Semitic language, documented on clay tablets (about 1250 texts) and dated from the period between the 14th and the 12th centuries B.C.E. The documents are of various types: literary, administrative, lexicological. Numerous Ugaritic tablets contain portions of a poetic cycle pertaining to the Ugaritic pantheon. Another part, the administrative documents shed light on the organization of Ugarit, thus contributing greatly to our understanding of the history and culture of the biblical and North-West Semitic world. This important reference work, a revised and translated edition of the author's Hebrew publication (Beer Sheva, 1993), deals with the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ugaritic. The book contains also an appendix with text selections.

Author : Gregorio del Olmo Lete,Joaquín Sanmartín
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ugaritic language
ISBN : UVA:X004770733

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A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition by Gregorio del Olmo Lete,Joaquín Sanmartín Pdf

The Dictionary lists all independent morphemes ("words"), attached morphemes ("affixes") and proper names in Ugaritic, a language written in alphabetic cuneiform on clay tablets. It is an indispensable reference work for research in comparative Semitic exicography, the Old Testament and North-West Semitic epigraphy.

Author : Wilfred G. E. Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Ugaritic language
ISBN : 8488810733

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Lexical Studies in Ugaritic by Wilfred G. E. Watson Pdf

Author : K. Lawson Younger
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781575061436

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Ugarit at Seventy-Five by K. Lawson Younger Pdf

In the spring of 1928, a Syrian farmer was plowing on the Mediterranean coast near a bay called Minet el-Beida. His plow ran into a stone just beneath the surface. When he examined the obstruction, he found a large man-made flagstone that led into a tomb, in which he found some valuable objects that he sold to a dealer. Little did he know what he had discovered. In April of 1929, C. F. A. Schaeffer began excavation of the tombs, but a month later he moved to the nearby tell of Ras Shamra. On the afternoon of May 14, the first inscribed clay tablet came to light--thus the beginnings of the study of Ugarit and the Ugaritic language. Seventy-five years have passed, and the impact of this extraordinary discovery is still being felt. Its impact on biblical studies perhaps has no equal. In February 2005, some of the preeminent Ugaritologists of the present generation gathered at the Midwest Regional meetings of the American Oriental Society to commemorate these 75 years by reading the papers that are now published in this volume. The first five essays deal with the Ugaritic texts, while the last three deal with archaeological or historical issues.

Author : Aïcha Rahmouni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004157699

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Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts by Aïcha Rahmouni Pdf

This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysis of the epithets of the individual Ugaritic deities.

Author : John Huehnergard
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781598568202

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An Introduction to Ugaritic by John Huehnergard Pdf

Highly respected linguist John Huehnergard brings his command of and vast knowledge in the field of comparative Semitic linguistics to this introductory grammar. Every aspect of the grammar is enriched by his broad understanding, while maintaining an unexcelled directness and order to the learning of the fundamental grammar of Ugaritic. Designed for students already familiar with Biblical Hebrew, this grammar contains the information necessary to help them become proficient in Ugaritic, and includes exercises to assist in learning basic grammar before commencing work with the actual Ugaritic texts. It is set apart from other gram¬mar books by its immense understanding of comparative Semitic grammar, and the concise and accurate manner in which Huehnergard presents the information. Special Features: - A glossary of all Ugaritic words used in the grammar - An appendix by Ugaritologist John Ellison on the scribal formation of the Ugaritic abecedaries - A number of full-color photographs of Ugaritic tablets - Keys to the exercises - Bibliographic information and indexes

Author : Nick Wyatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124045639

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Word of Tree and Whisper of Stone by Nick Wyatt Pdf

"This flagship volume of the Gorgias Ugaritic Series is a book of selected essays dating from 1992 to the present, devoted to themes in Ugaritic literature. Providing a glimpse into the worldview of ancient Syria, Word of Tree and Whisper of Stone includes the following chapters: A New Look at the Term sdmt; The Titles of the Ugaritic Storm-God; The Pruning of the Vine in KTU 1.23; Understanding Polytheism: Structure and Dynamic in a West Semitic Pantheon; Religion at Ugarit: an overview; Epic in Ugaritic Literature; "May Horon Smash Your Head!": a Curse Formula from Ugarit; and Word of Tree and Whisper of Stone, from which the volume takes its title. The shorter chapters, 1 and 3, deal with details in textual analysis, the intermediate ones, 5 and 6, with matters of religion and genre. The longer ones, 2, 4, 7 and 8, cover broader issues, respectively the surprisingly large range of Baal's epithets; the theology of the so-called "pantheon lists" form Ugarit, and the tension they invite between pluralistic and unitary conceptions of deity; and the question of prophecy in Ugarit. Prophetic figures have now been widely attested in the ancient Near East, from the time of Zimri-Lim of Mari down into the Iron Age. It was only a matter of time till the phenomenon was observed in Ugarit. This final chapter explores the language of divine communication in the light of some archaic features in Israelite oracular procedure."--Publisher's website.

Author : Jerry D. Neal
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1469925400

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The Ugaritic Texts and the Bible by Jerry D. Neal Pdf

A discussion of the Ras Shamra Ugaritic texts and their contribution to understanding the Hebrew Bible, using specific Biblical texts from Genesis through Isaiah. It is also an introduction to Ugaritic studies and has been updated to include many recent publications and tools.

Author : Thomas Römer,Philip Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315487199

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Writing the Bible by Thomas Römer,Philip Davies Pdf

For many years it has been recognized that the key to explaining the production of the Bible lies in understanding the profession, the practice and the mentality of scribes in the ancient Near East, classical Greece and the Greco-Roman world. In many ways, however, the production of the Jewish literary canon, while reflecting wider practice, constitutes an exception because of its religious function as the written "word of God", leading in turn to the veneration of scrolls as sacred and even cultic objects in themselves. "Writing the Bible" brings together the wide-ranging study of all major aspects of ancient writing and writers. The essays cover the dissemination of texts, book and canon formation, and the social and political effects of writing and of textual knowledge. Central issues discussed include the status of the scribe, the nature of 'authorship', the relationship between copying and redacting, and the relative status of oral and written knowledge. The writers examined include Ilimilku of Ugarit, the scribes of ancient Greece, Ben Sira, Galen, Origen and the author of Pseudo-Clement.

Author : John Kaltner,Steven L. McKenzie
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884143840

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Beyond Babel by John Kaltner,Steven L. McKenzie Pdf

Beyond Babel provides a general introduction to and overview of the languages that are significant for the study of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. Included are essays on biblical and inscriptional Hebrew, Akkadian, Northwest Semitic dialects (Ammonite, Edomite, and Moabite), Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, Hittite, Phoenician, postbiblical Hebrew, and Ugaritic. Each chapter in the volume shares a common format, including an overview of the language, a discussion of its significance for the Hebrew Bible, and a list of ancient sources and modern resources for further study of the language. A general introduction by John Huehnergard discusses the importance of the study of Near Eastern languages for biblical scholarship, helping to make the volume an ideal resource for persons beginning an in-depth study of the Hebrew Bible.

Author : Gordon C.h.
Publisher : GBPress Pont. Ist.Biblicum
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8876532250

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Ugaritic Handbook by Gordon C.h. Pdf