Over two hundred names of deities are known from Ugaritic texts, though it has been argued the number of these who were an object of active worship was lower. [4] . Many of the names are …

Wyatt translates all the most important mythological texts including the lengthy Baal cycle, the story of Keret, that of Aqhat, and the birth of the gracious gods. In addition, dozens of other …

Literary texts discovered at Ugarit include the Legend of Keret, the legends of Danel, the Myth of Baal-Aliyan, and the Death of Baal. The latter two are also known collectively as the Baal …

Dec 31, 2014 · The Ugaritic Texts and the Mythological Expressions in the Book of Job (Including a New Translation of and Philological Notes on the Book of Job) 1970-06 by Walter Ludwig …

Dec 12, 2024 · The relevance of Ugaritic texts lies in their ability to shed light on various aspects of biblical literature, from linguistic parallels to shared mythological themes. By examining …

Gregorio del Olmo Lete examines the history and character of the Canaanite religion based upon the evidence from Ugarit (Ras Shamra) in ancient Syria. He exposes the pantheon as well as …

The Ugarit texts revolutionized the modern view of the ancient world. Within these texts, the enigmatic Apiru appear - a word very similar to "Hebrew".

The Baal mythological cycle is the largest text from ancient Ugarit, taking up six tablets (KTU 1.1–6: 1.1 = RS 3.361, 1.2 iii = RS 3.346, 1.2 i–iv = RS 3.367, 1.3 = RS 2.[014]+, 1.4 = RS …

1 day ago · The ancient Ugaritic mythology tells of Athirat the Huntress, a revered goddess of the sea and fertility, known for her divine power and influence. ... It is strange that all Ugaritic …

This book comprises a historical introduction to the texts and language, an outline of the grammar of Ugaritic, a bibliography, facsimiles of a number of texts, and a glossary and text …

In January of 1981 I ran out of epistolary texts and went to work on a totally new category, that of ritual texts. These are rather arid descriptions of sacrifices to various deities that are very …

It discusses the discovery of Ugaritic texts, their content, and their implications for understanding the cultural and religious milieu of the Late Bronze Age, providing insight into the connections …

The Ugaritic texts are a corpus of ancient cuneiform texts discovered in 1928 in Ugarit and Ras Ibn Hani in Syria, and written in Ugaritic, an otherwise unknown Northwest Semitic language. …

text consisting of prognoses based on abnormal births of sheep and goats. This is a well-known genre in Mesopotamia and goes in Assyriological circles by the first two words of a given …

These reveal a cosmopolitan, commercial center operating in the shadow of two great powers of the eastern Mediterranean basin, the Egyptians and the Hittites. The Ugaritic texts offer …

2 days ago · The medieval fragment was discovered in 2019 in this box of court rolls during the re-cataloguing of the manorial and estate records. (University of Cambridge).The text is written in …