Ugaritic handbook gordon

The language is introduced by genre, beginning with prose and letters, proceeding to administrative, and finally introducing the classic examples of Ugaritic epic.

A summary of the grammar, a glossary, and a bibliography round out the volume. A critical survey summarizes the various stages of comparative scholarship over more than fifty years. There follow the two principal parts of the book: the first concerns Hebrew psalms with affinities to Ugaritic literature, and the second Ugaritic psalms and prayers with affinities to Hebrew literature.

A detailed analysis of the form, structure, themes and motifs of biblical texts, and a scrutiny of their verses, cola, phrases and vocabulary against the background of ancient Near East literature lead to the thesis that there is no justification for assuming that Canaanite psalms are found in the Bible, or that biblical literature and Ugaritic literature should be considered a single entity.

It is alleged that affinities may be elucidated based on common thematic, linguistic and stylistic elements. Gordon in his invaluable Ugaritic Handbook, Score: 5. Gordon states, "The vocalization of the Eg. Egyptian mose as in 'Thutmose' suggests that 'Moses' is the same n. Ugaritic lit. In Ugaritic the place-name zbl is mentioned that is the same in Hebrew as "Zebulon" Gordon , Text ; Glossary Both words come from the same root meaning "to raise, elevate" Astour , This text is a list of the quantities of wine from the areas it was produced.

Astour notes that zbl is "A town in the Piedmont district of the Kingdom of Ugarit, now Karzbil" , Although this does not refer to the tribe of Zebulon, it shows the use of this word during the Late Bronze Age BC. There is one tablet among the administrative records at Ugarit that mentions a man from Canaan.

The text says y'l. Ya'el may have been a Hebrew. This also seems to indicate that Canaan was "a district separate and distinct from the kingdom of Alalah" Rainey , 43; Na'aman and Aviv , The Ugaritic story of Keret is about a just king named Keret who had no heir. He was told by El in a dream to gather an army and march seven days to Udm Edom.

He is then to wait seven days before he asks for the daughter of the king of Udm in marriage. He will then have eight sons and daughters. Gordon states, "It is no accident that Udm cf. The seven day wait is reminiscent of the seven day wait around the city of Jericho Joshua This story shows that Edom is already a kingdom at this time.

Judges "Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the seashore, and abode in his breaches" KJV. This verse is from the Song of Deborah which is one of the oldest texts in the Bible. Did the Tribe of Dan have ships? The Hebrew word for "ships" is 'nywt which is probably a homograph two different words with the same written form. Three different Ugaritic texts have the word 'an or 'any which is the same form as the Hebrew word for "ships," but means "to relax, be at ease" Craigie, , p.

One of the Ugaritic texts has the verb gr meaning "to remain" followed by 'an which is the same as the Hebrew gwr also followed by 'anywt in Judges The Hebrew and Ugaritic phrase seems to be linguistically equivalent. Therefore Craigie translates Judges as follows:. Asher sat still on the coast of the sea, settling down by his landings" p. Psalm 29 is so similar to Ugaritic poetry that some scholars think that this psalm was originally an Ugaritic poem about Baal, the storm god.

In verse two Mount Zion is described as being in the north which presents a geographical problem. The Hebrew word for "north" is sapon which in Ugaritic is the mountain spn of the abode of Baal. In Ugaritic Baal is called "Rider of the clouds.

Psalm says, "Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness" KJV. Here leviathan has more than one head in the Hebrew. In Ugaritic it is clear that leviathan ltn had seven heads. In the story of Baal and Mot it says, "for all that you smote Leviathan the slippery serpent and made an end of the wriggling serpent, the tyrant with seven heads?

In Sumerian poetry there is mus-sag-imin , the seven headed serpent. The many-headed Greek hydra who was killed by Hercules may come from the ancient Near East stories of Leviathan.

Could the idea of a many headed sea monster come from seeing a giant squid or octopus, and assuming the tentacles were heads. It seems that the word "leviathan" is a general term for any large sea animal. In Job 41 it clearly has one head, but in Psalm 74 it has many heads, probably a giant squid. In the Book of Revelation the beast arising from the sea has seven heads. How to publish with Brill.

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