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Handbook of Ugaritic Studies (HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK) by Wilfred G. E. Watson (editor), Nicolas Wyatt (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Handbook of Ugaritic Studies (HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK) about?
All aspects of the ancient site of Ras Shamra (Ugarit) are treated in this compendium: discovery, decipherment of script, interpretation of literary, diplomatic and legal texts, as well as analysis of languages, history, religion and iconography. Cyrus Gordon called its archives 'the foremost literary discovery of the twentieth century' and they have undoubtedly revolutionized our knowledge of the background to Greek, Phoenician and Israelite culture.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilfred G. E. Watson (editor), Nicolas Wyatt (editor)
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004294103
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Reference, History, Language Learning
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