The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume I. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of Ktu 1.1-1.2

by Mark S. Smith

The Ugaritic Baal Cycle offers a translation and the first commentary on the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. The longest and most important religious text from ancient Ugarit, the Baal Cycle witnesses to both the religious worldview of Ugarit and the larger background to many of the formative religious concepts and images in the Bible. The volume treats introductory matters such as date, order and continuity of the tablets, the history of interpretation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004099956
• ISBN13: 9789004099951
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"