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THE STORM-GOD AND THE SEA - NOGA AYALI-DARSHAN ...

The tale of the combat between the Storm-god and the Sea that began circulating in the early
second millennium BCE was one of the most well-known ancient Near Eastern myths. Its widespread
dissemination in distinct versions across disparate locations and time periods - Syria  Egypt 
Anatolia  Ugarit  Mesopotamia  and Israel - calls for analysis of all the textual variants in
order to determine its earliest form  geo-cultural origin  and transmission history. In
undertaking this task  Noga Ayali-Darshan examines works such as the Astarte Papyrus  the
Pisaisa Myth  the Songs of Hedammu and Ullikummi  the Baal Cycle  Enuma elis  and pertinent
biblical texts. She interprets these and other related writings philologically according to
their provenance and comparatively in the light of parallel texts. The examination of this
story appearing in all the ancient Near Eastern cultures also calls for a discussion of the
theology  literature  and history of these societies and the way they shaped the local versions
of the myth.

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