Stories from Ancient Canaan / Edition 1

by Michael David Coogan

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664241841
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/01/1978
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael David Coogan is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. He is also Director of Publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum.