The Epic of Baal and Anath with Special Reference to Old Testament Literary Parallels
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Comparative Literature
Cultural History
History of Religion
Islamic World and Near East History
Language Interpretation and Translation
Near Eastern Languages and Societies
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The cosmopolitanism of Ugarit leads us to the literatures of all the aforementioned cultures. The greatest point of contact seems to be in the realm of the Epic. Canaan had a vigorous tradition of epic literature, having analogies with the older literatures of Egypt and especially Mesopotamia, but far more intimate relations with East Mediterranean literature including pre-Solomonic Hebrew history and the Homeric Epics. The parallels to the poetic portions of the Old Testament are also quite numerous. Hittite parallels are not lacking. I will deal largely with parallels to the Old Testament in this work, with occasional allusions to the other literatures when they, too, illuminate Israelitic thought as seen through Ugaritic literature.
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Joseph Reider
Theodore H. Gaster