[b-hebrew] Ugaritic Studies
Matthew Johnston
MatthewJay at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 4 22:30:33 EST 2010
James,
Thanks for taking the time to respond. It was helpful.
If you had to recommend I get one other text to use after/in conjunction
with Schniedewind would it be Bordreuil & Pardee?
Matt Johnston
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From: "James Spinti" <JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:35 PM
To: "Matthew Johnston" <MatthewJay at hotmail.com>;
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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Ugaritic Studies
> Matt,
>
> Since nobody has responded yet, I'll take a stab at it.
>
> Vowel reconstruction: largely an academic exercise in historical
> linguistics. It also allows people to see how you are parsing the word.
>
> Vocab: being that you have a basic Hebrew vocabulary, you will probably
> just acquire the Ugaritic one by reading.
>
> Schniedewind is fairly good. There are others out there, as well:
> Sivan, A Grammar of the Ugaritic Language (Brill--expensive)
>
> Sivan, Ugaritic Grammar (Bialik--in modern Hebrew)
>
> Tropper, Ugaritisch: Kurzgefasste Grammatik mit Ubungstexten und Glossar
> (Ugarit Verlag--German) He also has an exhaustive grammar...
>
> Segert, A Basic Grammar of Ugaritic Language with Selected Texts and
> Glossary (U of California)
>
> Bordreuil & Pardee, A Manual of Ugaritic (Eisenbrauns--translation &
> correction of their French version)
>
> Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook (Pontifical Biblical Institute--very dated and
> not at all user friendly)
>
> Online resources:
> http://jimgetz.org/ has some good posts on the KRT epic
> www.dailyhebrew.com has a long bibliography of resources
> http://www.itanakh.org/languages/ugaritic/index.htm
>
> I'm sure there are others, but that should get you started.
>
> James
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Johnston
> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:06 PM
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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Ugaritic Studies
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am new the list and have some questions concerning Ugaritic (I am
> pretty sure this is an appropriate topic). I am just looking for any
> advice or digital resources anyone might have concerning the study of
> the Ugaritic language. I have studied Biblical Hebrew for about 2 years
> and and been studying (to the best of my ability) Ugaritic for 2 weeks
> or so. I have A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature by
> William M. Schniedewind and Joel H. Hunt and have found it helpful so
> far, but am feeling like a little more direction would be helpful. With
> that background in mind here are some questions I have been having (any
> help with all or some would be greatly appreciated):
>
> How important is it to learn how to reconstruct vowel (the whole process
> seems so subjective)?
> Should I be memorizing vocabulary (right now I have just memorized a few
> words and the rest I just figure out based on my Hebrew/look up)?
> Does anyone have any digital vocabulary cards (if people even make
> flashcards for Ugaritic vocabulary)?
> Is the book I have (mentioned above) the best for self-teaching? Do I
> need to be using something in conjunction with it?
> Are there any online/digital resources that are useful (I've only come
> across Quartz Hill School of Theology, which looks less than helpful)?
>
> Any other tips/secret keys to unlocking the language are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
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