The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition

Pardee, Dennis

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“…Therefore, the king's sacrificing cults in the temples required approaching high and sacred parts of the building by keeping human intervention to a minimum: only the king and the priest were allowed to approach such places. This was confirmed in the ritual text found in the House of the High Priest "The Legend of Keret" (Pardée, 2000(Pardée, , 2012 which describes one of the sacrificing cults that the king used to carry out in the main temples, in its highest and most sacred place.…”

Section: History and Chronology Discussionmentioning

confidence: 73%

“…All Syrian cities of the time were subject to the influence of surrounding powers; however, Ugarit's network with overseas civilisations in Crete and Cyprus, enriched civic life in a more organic way, with architectural and urban principles being constantly updated -see the distinct tower-temples for example (Margueron, 1991, p.15-31, Margueron andBoutte, 1995). This will be further explored in this paper In addition to the brand new analysis carried out by the authors, the study is based on the archaeological reports (Courtois, 1979, Schaeffer, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1948, texts studies (Pardée, 2000(Pardée, , 2012 and the latest architectural analyses done by some scholars of the French mission in Syria, such as Olivier Callot (Callot, 1985, Callot and Monchambert, 2011 and Marguerite Yon (Yon, 1991(Yon, , 2000(Yon, , 2006(Yon, , 2009. Combining these studies made possible firstly the appreciation of the unique architectural, urban and cultural aspects of the temple.…”

Section: Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reconstituting historical stratigraphy: Ugarit’s Temple of Dagan

Teba

Theodossopoulos

2019

JCHMSD

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test critical conservation approaches through conceptual architectural interventions that integrate the evolution of a significant urban building, the Temple of Dagan in Ugarit, the capital of an important Bronze Age civilisation in Syria, with the pre-existing phases of the site and offer a paradigm for the presentation of the city’s evolution. This reflection aims to investigate how far the remaining fabric can frame the original architectural experience of the place allowing the visitors of the ruins to contextualise the architectural development of the temple. Design/methodology/approach A detailed reading of archaeological reports and the French mission’s architectural interpretation as well as in situ surveys and architectural and urban analyses were carried out to inform this conservation reflection, which primarily explores the potential of critical conservation approaches for key architectural interventions. The main vehicle is a virtual reconstruction approach to probe the proposed critical conservation principles and their success in highlighting the stratigraphy of a site. Findings The work shows that critical conservation approaches can make a distinct contribution to the understanding of the ruins; in particular, the virtual approach can handle effectively the presentation of the intangible experience of the temple (original processional routes) and its archaeological stratigraphy. Research limitations/implications The poor condition of the temple, being exposed for more than 80 years after excavation, have limited further architectural analysis as some evidence is confusing to read in situ. The pre-conservation analysis, therefore, was based more on the archaeological mission’s work, which is comprehensive. Social implications The reconstitution of the temple’s architectural layers in a coherent narrative will have educational value as it will highlight the development of architectural perception and techniques during the Bronze Age. Debate on the application of such tools by managers of the site may enhance the visitors’ appreciation of the ruins. The digital output itself constitutes an engaging material that enhances the public understanding of the site and its rich stratigraphy. Originality/value The study is the first attempt to constitute an architectural experience out of the confusing ruins integrating the archaeological evidence in the frame of contemporary conservation and architectural design. As one of the predominant urban artefacts in Ugarit, the Temple of Dagan witnessed at least a millennium of the city’s history and thus the conservation strategy of its intense development and stratification reflects the whole city.

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Section: History and Chronology Discussionmentioning

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Reconstituting historical stratigraphy: Ugarit’s Temple of Dagan

Teba

Theodossopoulos

2019

JCHMSD

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“…More recently, Pardee (2013) has argued that the Gezer Calendar is Phoenician, based on the final -w on certain nouns, which he interprets as a 3ms proleptic pronominal suffix, and the collapse of diphthongs. As Huehnergard and Pat-El (2012) have argued, however, the final -w in this inscription most likely represents a 3ms pronominal suffix serving as a definite article, a function that is attested in every branch of Semitic.…”

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Features of Aramaeo-Canaanite

Pat-El¹,

Wilson-Wright²

2021

JAOS

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One of the sub-branches of Central Semitic, Northwest Semitic, contains a number of languages with no established hierarchical relation among them: Ugaritic, Aramaic, Canaanite, Deir Alla, and Samalian. Over the years, scholars have attempted to establish a more accurate sub-branching for Northwest Semitic or to suggest a different genetic affiliation for some languages, usually Ugaritic. In this paper, we will argue that Aramaic and Canaanite share a direct ancestor, on the basis of a number of morphosyntactic features: the fs demonstrative *ðaˀt, the direct object marker *ˀayāt, the development of dative subjects with adjectival predicates, the use of the construct state with prepositions, the G imperfect inflection of geminate verbs, and the plural form of *bayt. We will also address arguments that Ugaritic is a Canaanite dialect, or that Canaanite and Ugaritic are more closely related. This proposal not only outlines a more coherent family tree for Northwest Semitic, but also accounts for numerous “Aramaic”-like features in some Canaanite dialects, primarily Biblical Hebrew, which have thus far been treated as the result of language contact in the early Iron Age.

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“…Many suggestions have been made to reconstruct the original order of the tablets; compare, for example, de Moor (1987) who reads the tablets in the following order: KTU 1.3-1-2-4-5-6. For further suggestions, see Smith 1994, 2-25;Pardee 2012. the beginning of the composition. The first column of the original text is lost, and the preserved part of the text begins with a very fragmentary dialogue between the supreme god El and another speaker, often identified with Yamm, the god of the Sea, 21 concerning someone to be attacked.…”

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Male Agency and Masculine Performance in the Baal Cycle

Nissinen

2020

Mighty Baal

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10 See Stephen Wilson's recent analysis of the use of the multiple masculinities theory in the study of the Hebrew Bible (Wilson 2019; cf. Macwilliam 2019). 63 in privileged positions of power, and complicit masculinity, that is, the masculine performance of men who are not able to live up the ideal but who nevertheless support the hegemonic ideal. 11 Since the hegemonic model, which as such is variable, 12 may fail to make visible the articulations of masculinity that do not conform to the hegemonic ideal, Raewyn Connell categorized two further types of masculinity: subordinate masculinity signifying a lower status in masculine hierarchy, lacking some crucial characteristics of hegemonic masculinity, and marginal masculinity, which is a non-authorized type of male performance that appears as illegitimate for the dominant group and is typically associated with some kind of male otherness. 13 Even if multiple masculinities are recognized, the different forms of masculinity are defined in relation to hegemonic male performance-the complicit and subordinate type in terms of male hierarchy and the marginalized type in terms of authorization. The yardsticks of masculinity have usually been

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The Ugaritic Texts and the Origins of West-Semitic Literary Composition

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Reconstituting historical stratigraphy: Ugarit’s Temple of Dagan

Reconstituting historical stratigraphy: Ugarit’s Temple of Dagan

Features of Aramaeo-Canaanite

Male Agency and Masculine Performance in the Baal Cycle

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