Research Catalog

Title

Mighty Baal : essays in honor of Mark S. Smith / edited by Stephen C. Russell, Esther J. Hamori.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Mark S., 1955-
• Russell, Stephen C.
• Hamori, Esther J.
• Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, issuing body.

Description

xvi, 212 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Mighty Baal: Essays in Honor of Mark S. Smith is the first edited collection devoted to the study of the ancient Near Eastern god Baal. Although the Bible depicts Baal as powerless, the combined archaeological, iconographic, and literary evidence makes it clear that Baal was worshipped throughout the Levant as a god whose powers rivalled any deity. Mighty Baal brings together eleven essays written by scholars working in North America, Europe, and Israel. Essays in part one focus on the main collection of Ugaritic tablets describing Baal's exploits, the Baal Cycle. Essays in part two treat Baal's relationships to other deities. Together, the essays offer a rich portrait of Baal and his cult from a variety of methodological perspectives" --

Series Statement

Harvard Semitic studies, 0147-9342 ; volume 66

Uniform Title

Harvard Semitic studies ; no. 66.

Alternative Title

Essays in honor of Mark S. Smith

Subject

• Baal (Canaanite deity)
• Baal cycle
• Semites > Religion
• Mythology, Canaanite
• Religion
• Middle East > Religion
• Middle East

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Note

• "Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Publications"--Preliminary page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Stephen C. Russell -- The Baal cycle as a myth of cosmic unification / Robert S. Kawashima -- Fight like a girl : the performance of gender and violence in the Baal cycle / Corrine Carvalho -- Male agency and masculine performance in the Baal cycle / Martti Nissinen -- Active and reactive bodies in the Baal cycle / Deena Grant -- The grammar of Baal's epithets / Steven E. Fassberg -- Where are all the colophons? : colophons in the ancient Near East and in the Dead Sea scrolls / Sidnie White Crawford -- Gods in translation and location / Ronald Hendel -- Ugaritic Athtartu Šadi, food production, and textiles : more data for reassessing the biblical portrayal of Aštart in context / Theodore J. Lewis -- Yahweh among the Baals : Israel and the storm gods / Daniel E. Fleming -- Who is the Baal of Peor? / Susan Ackerman -- Baal's legacy : echoes of Ugarit in Papyrus Amherst 63 / Karel van der Toorn.

Call Number

JFE 21-1805

ISBN

• 9789004437661
• 9004437665

LCCN

2020024581

OCLC

1154976010

Title

Mighty Baal : essays in honor of Mark S. Smith / edited by Stephen C. Russell, Esther J. Hamori.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Harvard Semitic studies, 0147-9342 ; volume 66

Harvard Semitic studies ; no. 66.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Smith, Mark S., 1955- honouree.

Russell, Stephen C., editor.

Hamori, Esther J., editor.

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, issuing body.

Other Form:

Online version: Mighty Baal Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004437678 (DLC) 2020024582

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1805