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Literary Composition in the Hebrew Bible: The View from Ugarit

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Dennis Pardee's focused comparative study; use to frame what Ugaritic evidence can and cannot establish about Hebrew literary composition without turning similarity into automatic direct copying.

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Ugaritic evidence places Israelite and biblical traditions within a wider West Semitic cultural and religious environment without proving direct dependence for every passage.

The source base is strong, but the interpretation must remain precise. Ugarit strongly supports cultural and linguistic context. It does not automatically settle every question of biblical dependence.
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Ugaritic and biblical materials provide strong evidence of shared West Semitic religious and literary background without making the traditions identical.

Answer / theory: It strongly shows shared West Semitic religious and literary background. Direct copying has to be argued passage by passage. What supports it: Parallels in divine council imagery, storm-god language, sea-combat motifs, and poetic vocabulary. What is weak or disputed: Broad “copied from Ugarit” claims are usually too blunt. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for shared context, mixed evidence for direct borrowing claims.
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Direct borrowing from Ugaritic into a specific biblical passage must be argued passage by passage; similarity alone is insufficient.

Answer / theory: It strongly shows shared West Semitic religious and literary background. Direct copying has to be argued passage by passage. What supports it: Parallels in divine council imagery, storm-god language, sea-combat motifs, and poetic vocabulary. What is weak or disputed: Broad “copied from Ugarit” claims are usually too blunt. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for shared context, mixed evidence for direct borrowing claims.
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