The Tale of Aqhat
Title | The Tale of Aqhat PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Aqhat epic |
ISBN |
Python
Title | Python PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Fontenrose |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 2023-11-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0520312767 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
Ritual in Narrative
Title | Ritual in Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | David Pearson Wright |
Publisher | Eisenbrauns |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1575060469 |
Ugaritic ritual texts are varied and, by nature, problematic. But another source for ritual understanding is found in the narrative writings of Ugarit--namely, its myths and legends. Ritual texts in myths were not simply textual inserts but an integral part of the narrative. This present study is devoted to the examination of the way that ritual functions within the context of these stories.
Doctrine of the Priesthood Vol 8 No. 1 - New Light on the Ancient Hebrew/Christian Doctrine on Deity — Part 1
Title | Doctrine of the Priesthood Vol 8 No. 1 - New Light on the Ancient Hebrew/Christian Doctrine on Deity — Part 1 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Collier's Publishing |
Pages | 108 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780934964661 |
Poetic Heroes
Title | Poetic Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Mark S. Smith |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 2014-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0802867928 |
Warfare exerts a magnetic power, even a terrible attraction, in its emphasis on glory, honor, and duty. In order to face the terror of war, it is necessary to face how our biblical traditions have made it attractive -- even alluring. In this book Mark Smith undertakes an extensive exploration of "poetic heroes" across a number of ancient cultures in order to understand the attitudes of those cultures toward war and warriors. Smith examines the Iliad and the Gilgamesh; Ugaritic poems commemorating Baal, Aqhat, and the Rephaim; and early biblical poetry, including the battle hymn of Judges 5 and the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1. Smith's Poetic Heroes analyzes the importance of heroic poetry in early Israel and its disappearance after the time of David, building on several strands of scholarship in archaeological research, poetic analysis, and cultural reconstruction.
Stories from Ancient Canaan
Title | Stories from Ancient Canaan PDF eBook |
Author | Michael David Coogan |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 1978-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780664241841 |
Contained on fifteen of the cuneiform tables uncovered at the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit are the four major oral Ugartic myths of Aqhat, The Healers, Kirta and Baal. Stories from Ancient Canaan is the first to offer a one-volume translation of all four. This accessible book teaches the principal Canaanite religious literature, and will be useful to students of the history of religion, of the Bible, and of comparative literature.
Readings from the Ancient Near East
Title | Readings from the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | Bill T. Arnold |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2002-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0801022924 |
Comprehensive, up-to-date collection of primary source documents (creation accounts, epic literature, etc.) gives insight into the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament.