A Grammar of the Ugaritic Language: Second Impression with Corrections: 28 (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East) - Hardcover

Sivan, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004122931 ISBN 13: 9789004122932

Publisher: Brill, 2002

Synopsis

Ugaritic, discovered in 1929, is a North-West Semitic language, documented on clay tablets and dated between the 14th and the 12th centuries B.C.E. The documents are of various types: literary, administrative, lexicological. The administrative documents shed light on the organization of Ugarit, thus contributing greatly to our understanding of the history and culture of the biblical and North-West Semitic world. This important reference work deals with the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ugaritic and contains an appendix with text selections.

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Review:

'...this grammar definitely marks a step further in the diffusion of the knowledge of Ugaritic.'
Augustinus Gianto, Orientalia, 1998.
'C.H. Gordons "Ugaritic Textbook" [...] hat nun in D. Sivans Grammatik nicht nur einen Konkurrenten, sondern wohle eher einen würdigen Nachfolger bekommen.'
Oswald Loretz, Ugarit Forschungen, 1996.
'Ugaritologists are not alone to benefit from Sivan's work, for students of the Hebrew Bible will also find in its pages relevant support for their research.'
Stanislav Segert, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1999.

Synopsis:

Ugaritic, discovered in 1929, is a North-West Semitic language, documented on clay tablets (about 1250 texts) and dated from the period between the 14th and the 12th centuries BCE. This text deals with the phonology, morphology and syntax of Ugaritic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9004122931
• ISBN 13: 9789004122932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352