Dropsie College Theses
Date of Award
Spring 4-28-1954
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
First Advisor
Cyrus H. Gordon
Second Advisor
Joseph Reider
Third Advisor
Theodore H. Gaster
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Young, Fred E., "The Epic of Baal and Anath with Special Reference to Old Testament Literary Parallels" (1954). Dropsie College Theses. 5.
https://repository.upenn.edu/dropsietheses/5
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Comments
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript. PJ4150.Z77 Y586 1954.