Canaanite religion according to the liturgical texts of Ugarit
"The present work collects, completes and combines into one organic synthesis a series of earlier studies written since 1986 on the principal texts concerning Ugaritic religious practice and published in Spanish with the title La Religión Cananea (1992). To these we added in the first English e...
| Published in: | Alter Orient und Altes Testament |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Münster
Ugarit-Verlag
2014
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| In: |
Alter Orient und Altes Testament (408)
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| Edition: | 2. English ed., thoroughly rev. and enlarged |
| Series/Journal: | Alter Orient und Altes Testament
408 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ugarit
/ Canaanites
/ Religion
/ Liturgy
B Ugarit / Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Canaanites
Religion
B Rites and ceremonies (Syria) (Ugarit (Extinct city)) B Ugarit (Extinct city) Religion B Spring |
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| Summary: | "The present work collects, completes and combines into one organic synthesis a series of earlier studies written since 1986 on the principal texts concerning Ugaritic religious practice and published in Spanish with the title La Religión Cananea (1992). To these we added in the first English edition (1999, rep. 2004) the analysis of an equal number of texts not studied by us before. These texts belong, chiefly, to the practice of magic, which we define as para-religious. In this second English language edition, new texts published later have also been included and a thorough discussion of newly voiced opinions along with the updating of the bibliography and a more accurate transcription of the texts have been carried out"-- Introduction. The history of the study of Canaanite religion ; The hermeneutics of cultic literature ; The syntax of cultic texts ; Sacred times ; Sacred places ; Types of sacrificial rite -- The Canaanite pantheon of Ugarit. The Canaanite mythological universe of Syria ; Mythology and ecology : the gods of myth and epic ; Politics and liturgy : the gods of the cult ; Theology and canon : the gods of the official pantheon ; All the gods of Ugarit ; The Hurrian pantheon of Ugarit -- The liturgy of Ugarit. Sacrificial rituals ; Non-sacrificial liturgies -- Royalty in myth and cult. The divine heroes rpu̓m and mlkm : between myth and epic ; The divine names of the kings of Ugarit ; The glorification of the dead king in the cult ; The divinization of the king : the royal funeral rites ; The enthronement of the new king -- The funerary cult of the palace. The agenda of funerary sacrifices ; Royal funerary ritual of the month of Gannu ; Royal ritual of evocation ; Royal funerary ritual of the month of H̦iyyaru -- The non-funerary palace cult. The catalogue of royal festivals ; Sacrifice to the tutelary deities of the palace ; Royal rituals at full moon and new moon ; Royal procession ritual -- The royal liturgy of the word : prayers and oracles. Sacrificial liturgy and psalmody ; Rituals of cultic "consultation"/"oracle" ; The gods and the cult of the palace of Ras Ibn Hani -- The religion of everyday life. The religion and mythology of epic ; Religion in the letters ; Religion in the personal names ; Prayer ; Religion and magic |
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| ISBN: | 3868350942 |