RARE comprehensive monograph on para-mythological texts from Ugarit - an ancient port city in northern Syria, often called Ras Shamra after the headland where they lie. This book contains the original Ugaritic texts with French translation. The author - Dennis Pardee, is Henry Crown professor of Hebrew studies at the Chicago University. 300x210mm. 329 pages. Softcover. Cover rubbed, scratched, and slightly dirty. Cover corners and edges worn. Rear cover stained. Spine stained. Spine edges wrinkled/bumped. Front cover bottom corner bumped and worn. Few pages` bottom corner slightly wrinkled. Text block edges age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of ancient Near-Eastern texts which reveal parallels between Canaanite and Israelite mythology, with French translation by an eminent authority in the field, is otherwise in good condition.