Canaanite Myth And Hebrew Epic by Donna Cross
Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel
A comparative study that examines Northwest Semitic and Ugaritic texts to reconstruct Canaanite religious myths and shows how their motifs, gods, and cosmological themes were transformed and incorporated into ancient Hebrew epic narratives; using philological, historical, and literary analysis, it traces parallels between Canaanite cycles (such as storm-god battles and sea-defeating motifs) and Israelite traditions, arguing that many Hebrew epic elements reflect adapted Canaanite imagery reshaped by Israel’s distinctive theological and literary concerns.
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- 1973
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- American
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- English
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