عنوان

Sacrifice at Ugarit

Number

TLets720237

Title Proper

Sacrifice at Ugarit

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Urie, Donald McKellar Leitch

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Honeyman, Alexander MackieUrie, Donald McKellar LeitchHoneyman, Alexander Mackie

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of St Andrews

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1944

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Text preceding or following the note

1944

Text of Note

The purpose of the present enquiry is to give an account of the sacrificial system revealed in these texts. The institution of sacrifice is only one of the many aspects of Semitic religion on which the texts shed much light. A cursory examination of the texts makes it clear that both in the mythological and ritual texts sacrifice occupies a prominent position. It is obviously a complex and highly developed institution with a large specialised vocabulary. Our purpose is to attempt a description of the institution of sacrifice as it is portrayed in the texts - its rites, its significance, and the relation in which it stands to the other Semitic systems of sacrifice, particularly that of the Israelites. Previously little was known positively about the sacrificial system of the Canaanites. It was deduced that it must have borne a general resemblance to that of the other Semitic peoples. How we have abundant first-hand evidence about the Canaanite sacrificial system. Much of the evidence is still obscure, but a great deal admits of no doubt, and its value for comparative Semitic religion can hardly be over-emphasised.

Honeyman, Alexander Mackie

University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews

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[Thesis]

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