| Management number | 240685576 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$14.67 | Model Number | 240685576 | ||
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<p>The discovery and decryption of Ugaritic cuneiform tablets in the 1920s has given scholars an insight into the development of alphabetic writing and the origins of biblical poetry.</p><p>In this book, based on his Schweich Lectures given in 2007, Professor Dennis Pardee describes the origins of the cuneiform alphabetic writing system developed in Ugarit some time before 1250 BC, the use of alphabetic writing at Ugarit, and gives a comparison of Ugaritic and Hebrew literatures</p>
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | History |
| Publication date | March, 2012 |
| Pages | 150 |
| Reading level | Professional and Scholarly |
| Subgenre | Essays |
| Series title | Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Edu focus | Language Arts |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.20 x 0.90 x 9.20 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.05 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | History |
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