Canaanite myths and legends.
Contributors: Gibson, John C. L.
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by J. C. L. Gibson.
Publisher: Clark; UNKNO
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Mythology, Canaanite.; Canaanites -- Folklore.; Legends -- Syria.; Legends -- Palestine.; Ras Shamra.
Description: "This book is a collection of almost all of the Myth related texts from Ugarit (now Ras Shamrah, Syria. The bulk of the text are direct translations of those works, presented in parallel with transliterations of the Ugaritic. Gibsion gives a brief introduction which recounts the tablets' discovery, summarizes each myth, and presents an interpretation. Footnotes are copious throughout. Also included are more recent transliterated, but untranslated texts, an Ugaritic-English Glossary, a table of Biblical references, and an extensive bibliography. A most thorough and up-to-date telling of the Ugaritic myth cycle"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xiii]-xx.
Includes parallel text in English and transliterated Ugaritic.
Originally edited by G. R. Driver.