The Ugaritic Baal Cycle: Volume II. Introduction with Text, Translation and Commentary of KTU/CAT 1.3-1.4
- ISBN-10
- 9047442326
- ISBN-13
- 9789047442325
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 904
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-12-24
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Authors
- Mark Smith, Wayne Pitard
Description
The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, Volume II provides a new edition, translation and commentary on the third and fourth tablets of the Baal Cycle, the most important religious text found at Ugarit.
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- 1994-10-02
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- 1994
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