Ugarit was a highly cosmopolitan, multilingual and multiscript city at the intersection of
several major Late Bronze Age political and cultural spheres of influence. In the thirteenth …

Este libro estudia la posesión y el ejercicio del poder por parte de ciertos colectivos
integrados en las entidades políticas de Siria durante el Bronce Final (siglos XVI-XII a. C.). A …

I examine the literary and conceptual background of a Hurro-Hittite ritual calling on divinized
royal ancestors (d šarrena), characters from Hurro-Hittite song, members of the Sargonic …

Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by
the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and …

This paper addresses the theory that ancient Semitic proper names derived from animal
names may testify to the culture of totemism. This theory, elaborated first in the works of …

“Labba is the god”, I-zu-la-bi “His arm is my lion”(MAD 2 147; MAD 3 159ff), OB I-din-dla-ba
“Labba has given”(CAAA, No. 2459; ARM 16/1: 116), A-ḫu-laba-ša “The brother is her …

In this book, Nissim Amzallag offers new perspectives on the birth of ancient Israel by
combining recent archaeological discoveries with a new approach to ancient Yahwism. He …

Der Monotheismus in Israel entwickelte sich über einen längeren Zeitraum hin. Was stand
am Anfang dieser Entwicklung? Was für ein Gott war Jhwh, bevor er zu" dem einen" Gott …

The hermeneutics of action is key to understanding both an action and the interpersonal
relationships narrated in literature. 1 Consider this short example as an illustration based on …

This article deals with the socio-political dimension of public space in 13th-century bc Ugarit,
with a particular focus on the city's squares. Ugarit, located on the Syrian seacoast …