The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology) - Hardcover

Pardee, Dennis

 
9780197264928: The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition (Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0197264921 ISBN 13: 9780197264928
Publisher: The British Academy, 2012

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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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Publisher
The British Academy
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0197264921
ISBN 13 
9780197264928
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
150