ANTH 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Northwest Semitic Languages, Baal Cycle, Tel Hazor
14 Aug 2020
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Laws of eshununna (c. 1770 bc: copied routinely as part of scribal exercise for centuries. Laws ( code ) of hammurapi (c. 1750 bc) Direct-axis temples of the middle and late bronze ages (c. 2000-1200 b. c. ) Solomonic temple construction (1 kings 6-7), c. 960 b. c. Ba"al at hazor, israel, c. 1250 b. c. Most in ugaritic, a northwest semitic language (like hebrew) Ugaritic religious are primary source for canaanite mythologies: ba"al myth or ba"al cycle, kirta epic, tale of aqhat. Ugarit"s late bronze age traditions are now identified as rooted in earlier amorite traditions. Excavated in library of the high priest at ugarit, 1930-1933. Composed of 6 large tablets (+ fragments) Written during the niqmaddu"s reign (c. 1380-1346 b. c. ) Certain similarities to enuma elish (mesopotamian creation), with variation reflecting. Combat myth describing ba"al"s struggle to overcome his enemies. Then the israelites did what was evil in the sight of the lord and worshipped the baals;
