Stories from Ancient Canaan, Second Edition [Paperback](HT Christopher Rollston on FB.)
Michael D. Coogan (Editor), Mark S. Smith (Editor)
Book Description
Publication Date: March 15, 2012
The texts from ancient Ugarit are among the most important modern discoveries for understanding the Bible. For more than thirty years, Stories from Ancient Canaan has been recognized as a highly authoritative and readable presentation of the principal Canaanite myths and epics discovered at Ugarit. This fully revised edition takes into account advances in the reading, understanding, and interpretation of these stories since 1978. It also includes two additional texts, expanded introductions, and illustrations. Coogan and Smith have collaborated to bring this classic up to date in order to provide accessible and accurate translations of these texts for a new generation of students.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Revised book: Stories from Ancient Canaan
STORIES FROM ANCIENT CANAAN, Michael Coogan's excellent translation of Ugartic literature, have been reissued in a second edition: