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Ugaritic Textbook

Grammar, Texts in Transliteration, Cuneiform Selections, Glossary, Indices

Ugaritic Textbook( )
Author: Gordon, Cyrus H.
Series title:Analecta Orientalia Ser.
ISBN:978-88-7653-238-2
Publication Date:Jan 1998
Publisher:Biblical Institute Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $66.00
Book Description:

Since 1929 the French expeditions directed by Cl. Schaeffer at the north Syrian port of Ugarit, have produced am intermittent stream of alphabetic tablets, most of which are written in a Semitic language not known as Ugaritic. In 1930, H. Bauer, E. Dhorme and Ch. Virolleaud deciphered enough of the alphabet independently, laying the foundations for the complete decipherment. The purpose of this Textbook is to provide a complete linguistic tool for the study of the Ugaritic tablets. The...
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Book Details
Pages:624
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9 x 11 Inches
Book Weight:1.31 Pounds
Author Biography
Gordon, Cyrus H. (Author)
Cyrus Herzel Gordon, 1909 - 2001 Dr. Cyrus H. Gordon was born in 1909 in Philadelphia. He earned his bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate of Semitics. He is perhaps best known for his greatest scholarly achievement, a series of books on the on an ancient language known as Ugaritic.

From 1956 to 1973, Gordon was a professor of Near East Studies at Brandeis University, and chairman of the department of Mediterranean Studies from 1958 to 1973. From '73 til '89, he was a professor of Hebrew Studies at New York University, which is eventually from where he retired. Along with his responsibilities as a professor, Gordon held the post of Director of N. Y. U.'s Center for Ebla Research.

Gordon was considered a great scholar and an expert on ancient languages. His autobiography, "A Scholar's Odyssey" won an award from the Jewish Book Council.

Gordon Died at his home in Massachusetts on March 30, 2001.



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