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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Wyatt, Nick (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Word of tree and whisper of stone [Texte imprimé] : and other papers on Ugaritian thought / N. Wyatt
Publication : Piscataway (N.J.) : Gorgias Press, 2007
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV- 230 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Gorgias Ugaritic studies ; 1
Lien à la collection : Gorgias Ugaritic studies
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 193-226. Index
"This flagship volume of the Gorgias Ugaritic Series is a book of selected essays
dating from 1992 to the present, devoted to themes in Ugaritic literature. Providing
a glimpse into the worldview of ancient Syria, Word of Tree and Whisper of Stone includes
the following chapters: A New Look at the Term sdmt; The Titles of the Ugaritic Storm-God;
The Pruning of the Vine in KTU 1.23; Understanding Polytheism: Structure and Dynamic
in a West Semitic Pantheon; Religion at Ugarit: an overview; Epic in Ugaritic Literature;
"May Horon Smash Your Head!": a Curse Formula from Ugarit; and Word of Tree and Whisper
of Stone, from which the volume takes its title. The shorter chapters, 1 and 3, deal
with details in textual analysis, the intermediate ones, 5 and 6, with matters of
religion and genre. The longer ones, 2, 4, 7 and 8, cover broader issues, respectively
the surprisingly large range of Baal's epithets; the theology of the so-called "pantheon
lists" form Ugarit, and the tension they invite between pluralistic and unitary conceptions
of deity; and the question of prophecy in Ugarit. Prophetic figures have now been
widely attested in the ancient Near East, from the time of Zimri-Lim of Mari down
into the Iron Age. It was only a matter of time till the phenomenon was observed in
Ugarit. This final chapter explores the language of divine communication in the light
of some archaic features in Israelite oracular procedure."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Littérature ougaritique
Littérature religieuse -- Ougarit (Syrie ; ville ancienne)
Indice(s) Dewey :
299.26 (23e éd.) = Religion cananéenne et phénicienne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781593337162. - ISBN 1593337167 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458660398
Notice n° :
FRBNF45866039
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : A new look at Ugaritic Sdmt ; The titles of the Ugaritic storm-god ; The pruning
of the vines in KTU 1.23 ; Understanding polytheism : structure and dynamic in a
West Semitic pantheon ; Religion at Ugarit : an overview ; Epic in Ugaritic literature
; "May Horon smash your head" : a curse formula from Ugarit ; Word of tree and whisper
of stone : El's oracle to King Keret (Kirta), and the problem of the mechanics of
its utterance.
