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The ancient Canaanite city-state of Ugarit is of utmost importance for those who study the Old Testament. The literature of the city and the theology contained therein go a very long way in helping us to understand the meaning of various Biblical passages as well as aiding us in deciphering difficult Hebrew words.
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The excavation of Ugarit began at a site known as Minet el-Beida, the "White Harbor", on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea north of Beirut, now in Syria. ... The identification of Ras Shamra with Ugarit was actually made a few years later when the ancient name Ugarit turned up on the Ras Shamra tablets.
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The people of Ugarit were the Canaanites, precursors to the Phoenicians. They were perhaps the first to recognize that human speech consists of only a finite number of atomic sounds and all that was really needed was a symbol for each.
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;;; Court of the royal palace in Ugarit. ;; The surprisingly modest and narrow main gate to the city of Ugarit. The modest remains of the Temple of Baal. ;; Underground chamber. ... Ugarit was never large nor very powerful, and its main fame today is related to its very important archaeological finds of cuneiform tablets.
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The discovery of the Ugarit texts shows that the Biblical Psalms, whatever their date, are indebted to a Phoenician hymnology that had a long tradition behind it. ... The ancient Phoenician city-state of Ugarit is of utmost importance for those who study the Old Testament. The literature of the city and the theology...
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Ugarit was a city on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria. Its golden age dates from about 1450 to 1200 BCE (mid-Eighteenth to mid-Nineteenth Dynasties) and produced palaces, temples, and libraries. There was a high priests' library and other libraries on the acropolis.
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When the royal palace of Ugarit was uncovered, a large number of cuneiform tablets were found. Some were in the known languages of the Bronze Age. Most, e.g. Akkadian and Sumerian were written in known cuneiform writing system which involves hundreds of different signs.
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This posting contains a description of the pantheon of the people referred to as Canaanites in the Bible, as recovered from the city of Ugarit in what is now western Syria. ... The second millenium B.C.E. saw a resurgence of Canaanite activity and trade, particularly noticable in Gubla and Ugarit. By the 14th century B.C...
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The site of Ugarit lies some six miles north of the Syrian port of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast. Its ruins, in the form of a mound or tell, lie half a mile from the shore.
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