#ancientlevant — Public Fediverse posts

A question about #Ugaratic textbooks, are they all or mostly written with the assumption you know st least one other #Semitic language as I've been warned before?

#AncientLanguages #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #Ugarit #LanguageLearning

A Brief History of #Byblos, from the #Bronze
Age to Early #IronAge.

#Levant #AncientLevant
https://youtu.be/Zf1XzMvrTwE

The Burning #Sun and the Killing #Resheph: Proto-Astrological Symbolism and #Ugaritic Epic [pp. 73-83 in Campion & Green, edd., Sky and Symbol, 2013]

#AncientAstrology #Astrology #Ugarit #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #CanaaniteMyth #HistoryOfAstrology #CanaaniteReligion
https://www.academia.edu/14327702/The_Burning_Sun_and_the_Killing_Resheph_Proto_Astrological_Symbolism_and_Ugaritic_Epic_pp_73_83_in_Campion_and_Green_edd_Sky_and_Symbol_2013_

“A Study of KTU2 1.82 and #Ugaritic #Mythology.” Journal of #AncientNearEasternReligion 13 (2013): 30-48.

#AncientNearEast #AncientLevant #Ugarit #CanaaniteMythology #CanaaniteReligion
https://www.academia.edu/7730222/_A_Study_of_KTU2_1_82_and_Ugaritic_Mythology_Journal_of_Ancient_Near_Eastern_Religion_13_2013_30_48

How much #Ugaritic literature represents the Canaanites or even #NorthwestSemitic cultures in general has been up for debate for awhile, but I need references & citations about this from the past 30ish years.

#Levant #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast