The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition
Author:   Dennis Pardee (Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies, University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780197264928


Pages:   150
Publication Date:   19 January 2012
Format:   Hardback
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The discovery and decryption of Ugaritic cuneiform tablets in the 1920s has given scholars an insight into the development of alphabetic writing and the origins of biblical poetry.In this book, based on his Schweich Lectures given in 2007, Professor Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC, the use of alphabetic writing at Ugarit, and gives a comparison of Ugaritic and Hebrew literatures

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Author:   Dennis Pardee (Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies, University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9780197264928


ISBN 10:   0197264921
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   19 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Alphabetic Origins 2: Ugaritic Literary Composition 3: Literary Composition in the Hebrew bible: the View from Ugarit

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...reading it from cover to cover is a journey into several fascinating areas of linguistic, epigraphic and literary study. Philippa M. Steele, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


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Dennis Pardee is Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies, University of Chicago. He is a member of the Mission de Ras Shamra.

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