Canaanite myths and legends /
The tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Urgarit are here edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world. 'The tablets ... a.re of great importance for the study of literature and religion in an area of the ancient...
| Основен автор: | Gibson, John C. L. |
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| Други автори: | Driver, G. R. 1892-1975. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Ugaritic |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
T & T Clark International,
℗♭2004.
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| Издание: | 2nd ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=242909 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Canaanite myths and legends. |
| Резюме: |
The tablets of poetic mythological texts unearthed during the excavation of Urgarit are here edited and translated to shed new light on the religion and literature of the ancient world. 'The tablets ... a.re of great importance for the study of literature and religion in an area of the ancient world which chiefly through the avenue of the Hebrew bible excercised a deep influence on the rise of European civilization. They are enabling scholarship for the first time to arrive at a positive appraisal of the highler levels of Canaanite culture, which is so remorselessly attacked in the Bible but whi. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xx, 167 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xx). |
| ISBN: |
9780567126900 0567126900 |