Ugarit (Ras Shamra)

Sources:
Peter C. Craigie – Ugarit and the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1983), 9, 11, 30.
Arvid S. Kapelrud – The Ras Shamra Discoveries and the Old Testament (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1965), 5.

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Want to dive deeper?

• “Ugarit” (Wikipedia article)
• J. Philip Hyatt – “The Ras Shamra Discoveries and the Interpretation of the Old Testament,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 10, 2 (May 1, 1942): 67-75.
• E. A. Speiser – “Akkadian Documents from Ras Shamra,” Journal of the American Oriental Society, 75, 3 (July – Sep., 1955): 154-165.