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The proceedings of the international symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Ras Shamra-Ugarit, held at Madison, Wisconsin, under the auspices of the Middle West Branch of the American Oriental Society, February, 1979.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART ONE: HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY
Ugarit and the Great Powers MICHAEL C. ASTOUR
Ugarit: A Canaanite Thalassocracy ELISHA LINDER
Les Recentes Decouvertes Epigraphiques a Ras Shamra et a Ras Ibn Hani PIERRE BORDEUIL
Ugarit, Canaan, and Egypt: Some New Epigraphic Evidence from Tel Aphek in Israel DAVID I. OWEN
Some Egyptological Considerations Concerning Ugarit RAPHAEL GIVEON
Excavations at Ras Shamra and Their Place in the Current Archaeological Picture of Ancient Syria RUDOLPH H. DORNEMANN
Ras Shamra: Nouvelles Perspectives des Fouilles JEAN MARGUERON
PART TWO: LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Literary Criticism, Folklore Scholarship, and Ugaritic Literature JACK M. SASSON
Ugarit and the Bible: Progress and Regress in 50 Years of Literary Study P. C. CRAIGIE
Ugaritic and Hebrew Metrics DENNIS PARDEE
The Geographical Setting of the AQHT Story and Its Ramifications BARUCH MARGALIT
The Cult of the Dead at Ugarit MARVIN POPE
PART THREE: UGARIT IN RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Ugarit in Retrospect and Prospect CYRUS GORDON
Panel Discussion
Bibliography
General Index
Geographical Names Index
Ancient Personal Names Index
Ugaritic Words and Phrases Index
Ugaritic Texts Cited
Scripture Index
