Description
Contained on fifteen of the cuneiform tables uncovered at the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit are the four major oral Ugartic myths of Aqhat, The Healers, Kirta and Baal. Stories from Ancient Canaan is the first to offer a one-volume translation of all four. This accessible book teaches the principal Canaanite religious literature, and will be useful to students of the history of religion, of the Bible, and of comparative literature.
Author: Michael David Coogan
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 01/01/1978
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.52w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9780664241841
ISBN10: 0664241840
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | African