Word of Tree and Whisper of Stone, and Other Papers on Ugaritian Thought

Table of Contents..............................v......Page 8
Preface....................................................vii......Page 10
Acknowledgments ........................................... ix......Page 12
Abbreviations ........................................................ xi......Page 14
1 A New Look at Ugaritic Šdmt........................................1......Page 20
2 The Titles of the Ugaritic Storm-God ................................7......Page 26
3 The Pruning of the Vine in KTU 1.23 ..........................................41......Page 60
Introduction ............................................................................47......Page 66
The Experience of Polytheism ...................................................................49......Page 68
The Experience of Divine Images.............................................................57......Page 76
Polytheism as a Religious Norm ................................................................59......Page 78
Dynamics of the Pantheon .........................................................................62......Page 81
Terms for the Pantheon of Ugarit, and Possible Divisions within it...63......Page 82
The Existence of Demons in a Polytheistic Culture...............................79......Page 98
The Theory of a “Crisis of Polytheism” ...................................................81......Page 100
The Problem of the Origins of Monotheism...........................................83......Page 102
1 Introduction .........................................................................................85......Page 104
2 Cosmology............................................................................................87......Page 106
3 Theology ...............................................................................................93......Page 112
4 Mythology...........................................................................................106......Page 125
5 The Royal Ideology of Ugarit..........................................................115......Page 134
6 Ritual ..................................................................................................119......Page 138
7 Family Life and its Religious Expression.......................................123......Page 142
8 Other Religious Manifestations.......................................................125......Page 144
9 Sickness ...............................................................................................131......Page 150
10 Death and its Rites ............................................................................133......Page 152
11 Non-Literary Dimensions in Ugaritian Religion ..........................136......Page 155
12 Conclusion ...................................................................................141......Page 160
Introduction ................................................................................................143......Page 162
Poems concerning Baal .............................................................................145......Page 164
The Story of Keret .......................................................................................147......Page 166
The Story of Aqhat .....................................................................................149......Page 168
Ilimilku’s Motives .......................................................................................150......Page 169
7 “May Horon Smash Your Head!”: a Curse Formula from Ugarit..........155......Page 174
I Introduction .......................................................................................167......Page 186
II The Oracle in Keret (Kirta) ................................................................170......Page 189
III An Oracular Formula in Baal and its Implications for Ugaritian and Biblical Thought .......................................................181......Page 200
 Bibliography of Works Cited.............................................................................193......Page 212
Index......Page 246