The Ugaritic Baal cycle /
This second volume of the commentary on the Baal Cycle, the most important Canaanite religious text from Ugarit, in Syria, analyzes KTU/CAT 1.3 and 1.4, the tablets that contain the long episode about how Baal secured permission from El to build his royal palace and how the palace was built. It incl...
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English
Ugaritic
Published:
Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1994- <2009>.
Series:
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
114.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.
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Call Number: BS410 BL1640 .V452 vol. 55,etc.
| Summary: | This second volume of the commentary on the Baal Cycle, the most important Canaanite religious text from Ugarit, in Syria, analyzes KTU/CAT 1.3 and 1.4, the tablets that contain the long episode about how Baal secured permission from El to build his royal palace and how the palace was built. It includes a new edition of the tablets, supplemented by a DVD-ROM with 92 images and superimposible drawings, a comprehensive introduction, new translation and vocalized text, and detailed commentary. The authors develop an interpretation of the episode which places it into the larger context of the Baal Cycle as a whole. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047442325 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |