Last updated: May 10, 2008
The Canaanite god El from Ugarit--14th-13th century
The Akkadian Inscription of Idrimi.
By Edward L. Greenstein & David Marcus. JANES 1976.
Amarna Letters
Amarna
Tablets. By Sholomo Izreel.
Amorites.
A people known only through their personal names.
Archaeology and the Religions
of Canaan and Israel. By Beth Alpert-Nakhai. Review by
Richard S.
Hess of Denver Seminary
Asherah References in the Old Testament (chart prepared by Ralph W. Klein)
Asherah
Studies--Review of Tilde Binger book
Baalism in Canaanite
Religion and its Relation to Selected Old Testament Texts. By Greg
Herrick.
Baal Cycle. Description and text
Baal
Epic. From Theology Website.
Baalism
in Canaanite Religion and its Relationship to Selected Old Testament Texts By Greg
Herrick
Battle
of Baal and Yam--Translation of Ugaritic epic
A Bequest
Unearthed: Phoenicia--Encyclopedia Phoeniciana A site created by
Salim George Khalaf
Beth Mardutho: The Syriac
Institute. Syriac computer fonts.
A Bibliography
of Ugaritic Grammar and Biblical Hebrew Gramary in the Twentieth Century.
By Mark Smith
Canaan
and Israel in Antiquity: An Introduction. By K. L. Noll.
Review of this book by Bob Becking in RBL and by
Ronald Simkins in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.
Canaan
in the Late Bronze Age (with map)
Canaan--The
Promised Land Among other things, shows map of Canaanite cities about
1250 BCE; also link to cuneiform tablets from Hazor
Canaanite
Ugaritic Mythology FAQ
Comprehensive
Aramaic Lexicon Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion
The Cult
of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess.
By Judith M. Hadley. Review by Phyllis A. Bird in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
De
Dea Syria. (Concerning the Syrian goddess) Text of famous text written
by Lucian of Samosata
Descent
of Anat into the Underworld. From Theology Website
Edinburgh
Ras Shamra Site Everything you want to know about the Ugaritic Texts
from the University of Edinburgh
The Epic of Kret
from Ugarit
Fonts for Ancient
Languages. Jack Kilmon’s Fonts for ancient Moabite, Samaritan,
Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew, Elephantine, Phoenician, etc.
Identifying Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions. By Lawrence
J. Mykytiuk. Review by Kenneth A. Kitchen in Review of Biblical
Literature.
History of the Phoenician Canaanites
K. C. Hanson's
Chronology of Ugaritic Kings
K. C. Hanson's
Collection of West Semitic Documents.
King Niqmad reads his clay-mail. From the Edinburg Ras Shamra site.
Latino
Punic Texts from North Africa
Lucian's
De Dea Syria Translation. This second century CE document indicates
how Canaanite religion was understood in the Roman period. Older
translation by
Herbert Strong and John Garstang 1913.
Major
Deities in the Myths from Ugarit
Material Culture of Ancient Canaanites and
Israelites Developed by John Abercrombie from the excavations of the
University of Pennsylvania
The Mythic Mind: Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old
Testament Literature. By Nicholas Wyatt. Review by
Dennis Pardee in Review of Biblical
Literature
Neo
Punic Inscriptions and Coin Legends
Northwest Semitic Inscription Archive
Northwest Semitic Links
compiled by Reinhard Lehmann Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Amorite, and Phoenician
inscriptions; fonts for foreign languages.
The
Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the
Ugaritic Texts. By Mark S. Smith. Reviewed by Steve A. Wiggins.
RBL and Society of Biblical Literature.
Phoenician
alphabet Good survey of alphabet's history; also provides Phoenician
font for computers. A site created by Salim Geoge Khalaf
Phoenician
art Delivers what it promises. A site created by Salim George
Khalaf
The Phoenician Experience
A Primer on Ugaritic: Language,
Culture, and Literature. By William M. Schniedewind and Joel H. Hunt.
Review by Charles Halton in Journal of
Hebrew Scriptures and by Robert D. Holmstedt
in Review of Biblical Literature
Proto Sinaitic
Inscriptions--Serabit el Khadem. French site.
Qadash
Kinahnu Gateway to a Canaanite Phoenician Temple Over 85 rooms listed in
the temple directory. Canaanite and Phoenician history, mythology, and
ritual.
A Reassessment of Asherah, with
further Considerations of the Goddess. By Steven A. Wiggins. Review by
Joseph Azize in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Ritual and
Cult at Ugarit. By Dennis Pardee. Review by Ziony Zevit in RBL
5/2003. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
The Rituals and Myths of the
Feast of the Goodly Gods of KTU/CAT 1.23: Royal Construction of Opposition,
Intersection, Integration, and Domination. By Mark S. Smith. Review by
Steve A. Wiggins in Journal of Hebrew
Scriptures.
Royaume d'Ougarit
Excellent Ugaritic site, but in French.
The
Tale of Sinuhe. By David Lorton. Sinuhe lived at time of
Sesostris I, fled Egypt, and spent time in Canaan.
Ugarit and the Bible
Ugaritic
and Phoenician Fonts For Windows and Mac by David Myriad Rosenbaum
Ugarit
and the Bible. From Quartz Hill School of Theology
Ugarit
Forschungsstelle at Münster University
Ugarit
Ritual Texts. An article by Dennis Pardee of the Oriental Institute of
the University of Chicago.
Ugaritic Myth
of Baal.
The Ugaritic Poems of Keret and
Aqhat: A Bibliography
West
Semitic Research Project. Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical manuscripts, and
other ancient texts relating to the Bible. Image catalogues.
Yahweh
and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan. By John Day. Review by
David Elton Gay in Review of
Biblical Literature.
Graphic of woman carving a Phoenician inscription from Salim George Khalaf at A Bequest Unearthed: Phoenicia--Encyclopedia Phoeniciana.
Ugaritic Arabic Alphabet Chart
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