Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Lexicography and Method
A Lexical Analysis of Life and Mortality in Ugaritic
Chapter 1. An Analysis of Words for “Life” in Ugaritic
1.1. Introduction
1.2. The Roots ḥwy/ḥyy
1.3. Summary
Chapter 2. NPŠ and Other Terms for Body Parts Especially Associated with the Concept of Life
2.1. Introduction 67
2.2. Life and Body Parts: npš = “Neck” and “throat”
2.3. Life and Body Parts: brlt as a Parallel of npš
2.4. Life and Other Body Parts: kbd, lb, and aʾp
2.5. Summary
Chapter 3. An Analysis of Words for “Death” in Ugaritic
3.1. Introduction
3.2. The Root m-w-t
3.3. Substantive Forms
3.4. Summary
Chapter 4. The Ugaritic Rapaʾūma
4.1. Introduction
4.2. The Root rpʾ 192
4.3. The rpʾum 200
4.4. Summary
Chapter 5. Life and Mortality at Ugarit: A Synthesis
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Mythology and the Language of Correspondence
5.3. Life and Revivification 274
5.4. The Anatomy of Life
5.5. The Life and Death of Physical Objects
5.6. The Intersection of Mythology and Burial
5.7. The Royal Dead
5.8. Summary
Appendix. First Millennium BC Funerary Monuments
6.1. Introduction
6.2. The Phoenician Royal Funerary Inscriptions
6.3. The Zincirli Funerary Inscriptions
6.4. Defining Disembodied npš/nbš
6.5. Summary
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
Index of Ugaritic Sources
Index of Subjects