A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521704939)

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 Ugartic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian.

Author: William M. Schniedewind, Joel H. Hunt
ISBN-10: 0521704936
ISBN-13: 9780521704939
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/02/2007
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.32w x 0.56d