The Ugaritic Baal Cycle, volume ii

This second volume of the commentary on the Baal Cycle , the most important Canaanite religious text from Ugarit, in Syria, analyzes KTU/CAT 1.3 and 1.4, the tablets that contain the long episode about how Baal secured permission from El to build his royal palace and how the palace was built. It includes a new edition of the tablets, supplemented by a DVD-ROM with 92 images and superimposable drawings, a comprehensive introduction, new translation and vocalized text, and detailed commentary. The authors develop an interpretation of the episode which places it into the larger context of the Baal Cycle as a whole.

Review:

'For all these endeavours, the book under review will be an indispensable tool. Coming generations of Ugaritologists and biblical scholars are deeply indebted to the authors'. Leiden University, July 2012 Holger GZELLA