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Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd edition is unavailable, but you can change that!

As well as being intrinsically fascinating, the Ugaritic texts have long been recognized as basic background material for Old Testament study. Ugaritic deities, myths, religious terminology, poetic techniques and general vocabulary are widely encountered by the attentive reader of the Hebrew Bible. The present edition offers an up-to-date translation and commentary based on scrutiny of the...

holocaust and communion sacrifice;] ditto a heifer; to B[aal of Saphon] a l[am]b; to Saphon a heifer; to [Baal] 1.41 V 35 of U[ga]rit a ram; to the go[d] of the ancestor [ ]. [ to Athirat], and two [b]irds to…[ 43] times, both in [the sanct]uary44 of the Mistress of the [Great] Templ[es and on the al]tars. On the fifth (day): (at) [the sanctuary45 of El, a shekel 1.41 V 40 of sil]ver as kubadu-offering46 and a sacrifice47; [ ] to Athirat; two birds [to the divine
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