Baal and the politics of poetry

Introduction -- Baal And The Modern Study Of Myth -- The Baal Cycle And Bronze Age Politics -- Divine Combat As Political Discourse At Mari -- The Politics Of Time -- Unsettling Sovereignty -- Kinship Contested -- Conclusion -- Appendix : The Envoy Scene (ktu 1.2 I 11-46). Aaron Tugendhaft. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.