Mighty Baal : essays in honor of Mark S. Smith /
Mighty Baal : essays in honor of Mark S. Smith /
edited by Stephen C. Russell, Esther J. Hamori.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages).
- Harvard Semitic studies, volume 66 .
"Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Publications."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Baal cycle as a myth of cosmic unification / Fight like a girl : the performance of gender and violence in the Baal cycle / Male agency and masculine performance in the Baal cycle / Active and reactive bodies in the Baal cycle / The grammar of Baal's epithets / Where are all the colophons? : colophons in the ancient Near East and in the Dead Sea scrolls / Gods in translation and location / Ugaritic Athtartu Sadi, food production, and textiles : more data for reassessing the biblical portrayal of Aštart in context / Yahweh among the Baals : Israel and the storm gods / Who is the Baal of Peor? / Baal's legacy : echoes of Ugarit in Papyrus Amherst 63 / Robert S. Kawashima -- Corrine Carvalho -- Martti Nissinen -- Deena Grant -- Steven E. Fassberg -- Sidnie White Crawford -- Ronald Hendel -- Theodore J. Lewis -- Daniel E. Fleming -- Susan Ackerman -- Karel van der Toorn.
"Mighty Baal: Essays in Honor of Mark S. Smith is the first edited collection devoted to the study of the ancient Near Eastern god Baal. Although the Bible depicts Baal as powerless, the combined archaeological, iconographic, and literary evidence makes it clear that Baal was worshipped throughout the Levant as a god whose powers rivalled any deity. Mighty Baal brings together eleven essays written by scholars working in North America, Europe, and Israel. Essays in part one focus on the main collection of Ugaritic tablets describing Baal's exploits, the Baal Cycle. Essays in part two treat Baal's relationships to other deities. Together, the essays offer a rich portrait of Baal and his cult from a variety of methodological perspectives"--
9789004437678 9004437673
2020024582
Baal (Canaanite deity)
Smith, Mark S., 1955-
Baal cycle.
Mythology, Canaanite.
Electronic Books.
BL1671 / .M544 2020
"Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Publications."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The Baal cycle as a myth of cosmic unification / Fight like a girl : the performance of gender and violence in the Baal cycle / Male agency and masculine performance in the Baal cycle / Active and reactive bodies in the Baal cycle / The grammar of Baal's epithets / Where are all the colophons? : colophons in the ancient Near East and in the Dead Sea scrolls / Gods in translation and location / Ugaritic Athtartu Sadi, food production, and textiles : more data for reassessing the biblical portrayal of Aštart in context / Yahweh among the Baals : Israel and the storm gods / Who is the Baal of Peor? / Baal's legacy : echoes of Ugarit in Papyrus Amherst 63 / Robert S. Kawashima -- Corrine Carvalho -- Martti Nissinen -- Deena Grant -- Steven E. Fassberg -- Sidnie White Crawford -- Ronald Hendel -- Theodore J. Lewis -- Daniel E. Fleming -- Susan Ackerman -- Karel van der Toorn.
"Mighty Baal: Essays in Honor of Mark S. Smith is the first edited collection devoted to the study of the ancient Near Eastern god Baal. Although the Bible depicts Baal as powerless, the combined archaeological, iconographic, and literary evidence makes it clear that Baal was worshipped throughout the Levant as a god whose powers rivalled any deity. Mighty Baal brings together eleven essays written by scholars working in North America, Europe, and Israel. Essays in part one focus on the main collection of Ugaritic tablets describing Baal's exploits, the Baal Cycle. Essays in part two treat Baal's relationships to other deities. Together, the essays offer a rich portrait of Baal and his cult from a variety of methodological perspectives"--
9789004437678 9004437673
2020024582
Baal (Canaanite deity)
Smith, Mark S., 1955-
Baal cycle.
Mythology, Canaanite.
Electronic Books.
BL1671 / .M544 2020