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Canaanite myths and legends / by J.C.L. Gibson ; originally edited by G.R. Driver and published in the series Old Testament studies under the auspices of the Society for Old Testament.

Title
Canaanite myths and legends / by J.C.L. Gibson ; originally edited by G.R. Driver and published in the series Old Testament studies under the auspices of the Society for Old Testament.
Author
Driver, G. R. (Godfrey Rolles), 1892-1975
Publication
Edinburgh : Clark, 1978.

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Gibson, John C. L.
Description
xx, 168 p., plate : 1 ill.; 26 cm.
Summary
"This book is a collection of almost all of the Myth related texts from Ugarit (now Ras Shamrah, Syria. The bulk of the text are direct translations of those works, presented in parallel with transliterations of the Ugaritic. Gibsion gives a brief introduction which recounts the tablets' discovery, summarizes each myth, and presents an interpretation. Footnotes are copious throughout. Also included are more recent transliterated, but untranslated texts, an Ugaritic-English Glossary, a table of Biblical references, and an extensive bibliography. A most thorough and up-to-date telling of the Ugaritic myth cycle"--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Legends > Middle East
  • Mythology, Canaanite
  • Canaanites > Folklore
  • Legends > Syria
  • Legends > Palestine
  • Ugarit (Extinct city)
Genre/Form
Folklore
Note
  • Includes parallel text in English and transliterated Ugaritic.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [xiii]-xx.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- A. The discovery of the tablets -- B. Analysis and interpretation of the texts -- 1. Baal and Yam -- 2. The Palace of Baal -- 3. Baal and Mot -- 4. Keret -- 5. Aqhat -- 6. Shachar and Shalim and the gracious gods -- 7. Nikkal and the Kotharat -- 8. The texts in the appendix (brief notes) -- Transliteration and translation of the texts -- 1. Baal and Yam -- 2. The Palace of Baal -- 3. Baal and Mot -- 4. Keret -- 5. Aqhat -- 6. Shachar and Shalim and the gracious gods -- 7. Nikkal and the Kotharat -- 8. Appendix: fragmentary and recently published texts (transliteration only) -- Note on the phonology of Ugaritic -- Glossary -- Biblical and other references -- Addenda -- Table of Ugaritic signs.
ISBN
0567023516 :
LCCN
^^^78319057^
OCLC
  • 4463217
  • SCSB-10225834
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library