The Ugaritic texts and the origins of West-Semitic literary composition
Pardee, DennisAuthor
British Academy.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
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, Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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, Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alphabetic origins -- Ugaritic literary composition -- Literary composition in the Hebrew Bible: the view from Ugarit.
Bible.
Ugaritic literature
Hebrew literature
Ugaritic language
Cuneiform inscriptions, Ugaritic
Languages & Literatures
Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures