Biblical Hebrew Forum

["James Spinti" <JSpinti AT Eisenbrauns.com>]

Matt,

That's a loaded question for two reasons: 1. I studied under Pardee at
the U of Chicago, so I am more than a little biased. And 2. I work for
Eisenbrauns, so anything I say is suspect :)

But, in all honesty, I would suggest the Bordeuil & Pardee for a couple
of reasons: 1.  High quality photos of the tablets on the CD. 2. Up to
date--just released in November. 3. It's cheaper than most of the other
ones.

Rolf's suggestion to read--especially KRT--is excellent.

James 
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[mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matthew
Johnston
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:31 PM
To: James Spinti; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ugaritic Studies

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>; 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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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> Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 30 years
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> -----Original Message-----
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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
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> 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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