A primer on Ugaritic : language, culture, and literature / William M. Schniedewind, Joel H. Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schniedewind, William M., author.

Hunt, Joel H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ugaritic philology.

Ugarit (Extinct city)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Ugaritic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian. The book begins with a general introduction to ancient Ugarit, and the introduction to the various genres of Ugaritic literature is placed in the context of this introduction. The language is introduced by genre, beginning with prose and letters, proceeding to administrative, and finally introducing the classic examples of Ugaritic epic. A summary of the grammar, a glossary, and a bibliography round out the volume.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ancient Ugarit; 2 School Texts: Introducing the Language and Alphabet; 3 Letters: An Inductive Introduction to Ugaritic Grammar; 4 Administrative Texts; 5 Legal Texts; 6 Literary Texts; 7 Grammatical Précis; 8 Ugaritic Glossary; 9 Resources for Further Study; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-221) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18381-2

1-281-08626-6

9786611086268

0-511-99696-9

0-511-35019-8

0-511-35109-7

0-511-34836-3

0-511-57406-1

0-511-34933-5

OCLC:

647687091