The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition Hardback
by Dennis (Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies, University of Chicago) Pardee
Part of the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology series
Hardback
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:150 pages, 10 illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2012
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- ISBN:9780197264928
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:150 pages, 10 illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197264928
