Canaanite Mythology – Ugarit

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Canaanite Mythology – Ugarit

The religion of Ugarit is commonly referred to as mythology Canaanite. Indeed, it has many points in common with that of the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which is attested by passages from the Hebrew Bible (gods, myths, religious practices). In the same way, it offers points of comparison with that of the Hebrews, as well as that of the Phoenicians who are the descendants of the cultures of the Levant littoral of the recent bronze.

In fact, the discovery of Ugaritic texts constitutes an invaluable contribution to the knowledge of the religion of the entire ancient Levant, and in particular to biblical studies. This allowed us, for a given period, to have a good knowledge of the religion of one of the small coastal kingdoms of the ancient Near East, while the religion of the rest of these states is poorly known.

Mythologie Cananéenne – Ougarit (textes)

L’épopée de Canaan, culture et Histoire de Canaan

• I The Religion of Canaan and the God of Israel
  • The God of the Fathers
  • 'El and the God of the Fathers
  • 'El in the Ugaritic Pantheon
  • The Epithets of 'El
  • 'El in the Canaanite Myth
  • 'El and Ba'l Hamon
  • The Abode of 'El
  • 'El the Divine Patriarch
  • Yahweh and 'El
  • 'El in the Bible
  • 'El Epithets in Patriarchal Narratives
  • The Name Yahweh
• II The Cultus of the Israelite League
  • Prolegomena
  • The Myth and Ritual School
  • The History-of-Redemption School
  • The Divine Warrior
  • Psalm 24 and the Warrior-King
  • The “Ritual Conquest”
  • Transformations of the “Ritual Conquest”
  • The Song of the Sea and Canaanite Myth
  • The Mythic Cycle of Ba'l and 'Anat
  • The Song of the Sea
• III League and Kingdom
  • Yahweh and Ba'l
  • The Theophany of Ba'l
  • The Storm Theophany in the Bible
  • The Revelation at Sinai
  • History of the Tradition of the Storm Theophany
  • 'El's Modes of Revelation
  • Yahweh and the Council of the Gods
  • Ba'l versus Yahweh
  • The Priestly Houses of Early Israel
  • The Classical View of Israel's Early Priesthood
  • The Function of the Stories of Conflict
  • The Priestly Genealogies
  • The Priests of David's National Shrine
• IV Kings and Prophets
  • The Ideologies of Kingship in the Era of the Empire: Conditional Covenant and Eternal Decree
  • The Limited Monarchy of Saul and Monarchy in the Northern Kingdom
  • Davidic Kingship
  • The Imperial Rule of Solomon
  • The Judaean Royal Theology
  • The Typology of the Royal Ideology
  • A Brief Excursus on bérit, “Covenant”
  • The Themes of the Book of Kings and the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History
  • The Contemporary Discussion of the Structure of the Deuteronomistic History
  • The Two Themes of the First Edition of the Deuteronomistic History
  • The Theme of the Exilic Edition of the History (Dtr')
  • The Two Editions of the Deuteronomistic History
• V Exile and Apocalyptic
  • The Priestly Work
  • The So-Called P-Source of the Pentateuch
  • The P System of Covenants
  • Is P a Narrative Source?
  • Documents Used by P
  • Archaizing Language in P
  • The Date of P
  • The Composition of the Priestly Work
  • The Early History of the Apocalyptic Community at Qumran
  • The Archaeological Context of the Qumran
  • Qumran and the Essenes

Pantheon of Canaan

Pantheon of Canaan

The Epic of Ba'al

• Baal Battles Yahm
• Baal Celebrates & Anat Battles
• Baal Builds His Palace
• Baal Battles Word
• The Epic of Ba'al

L’épopée de Kéret
The Legend of Keret
L’épopée d’Aquehat, fils de Danel

The Story of Aqhat

The texts of Rpum
The Rpum Texts