A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature

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 Ugartic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian.

Author: William M. Schniedewind, Joel H. Hunt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/02/2007
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.32w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780521704939

About the Author
Schniedewind, William M.: - Professor William M. Schniedewind chairs the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and is a Professor of Biblical Studies at UCLA. He is most recently the author of How the Bible Became a Book, published in 2005.Hunt, Joel H.: - Joel H. Hunt is currently conducting research at the Department of the Ancient Near East at the British Museum, London. He is a former professor at Azusa Pacific University and has published articles in a variety of journals.