Born 1944; MDiv from Asbury Seminary in Kentucky, USA; PhD from Brandies University; 1974−2022 taught Old Testament at Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo; 1975−99 full-time associate professor at the University of Tsukuba; Professor Emeritus of Japan Bible Seminary and Principal of the Tokyo Institute of Biblical Studies of Japan Bible Seminary.

• IntroductionPart 1 - BackgroundChapter 1: Canaan and the Canaanites Chapter 2: C. H. Gordon, the Father of Ugaritic StudiesPart 2 - El, Baal and YahwehChapter 3: Canaanite Religion and Israelite YahwismChapter 4: Was There a Cult of El in Ancient Ugarit?Part 3 - The Myth and Ritual of the Good GodsChapter 5. IL in the Fertility Myth (KTU 1.23:30-76)Chapter 6: Mt-w-Šr and His Two WeaponsChapter 7: Myth and Ritual Relationship in KTU 1.23Chapter 8: Revisiting the "Seven" Good Gods of Fertility in UgaritPart 4 - Royal Dynastic Cults in UgaritChapter 9: Kings and Cults in Ancient UgaritChapter 10: The Ancestor Cult in UgaritPart 5 - Language and StyleChapter 11: Vowel sandhi in UgariticChapter 12: "Misspellings" in Cuneiform Texts from UgaritChapter 13: The primae waw Verb wld in UgariticChapter 14: The Problem of Keret's ChildlessnessChapter 15: List and Narrative in 1 Samuel 6:17-18a in the Light of Ugaritic Economic TextsConcluding Remarks

Born 1944; MDiv from Asbury Seminary in Kentucky, USA; PhD from Brandies University; 1974−2022 taught Old Testament at Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo; 1975−99 full-time associate professor at the University of Tsukuba; Professor Emeritus of Japan Bible Seminary and Principal of the Tokyo Institute of Biblical Studies of Japan Bible Seminary.

• IntroductionPart 1 - BackgroundChapter 1: Canaan and the Canaanites Chapter 2: C. H. Gordon, the Father of Ugaritic StudiesPart 2 - El, Baal and YahwehChapter 3: Canaanite Religion and Israelite YahwismChapter 4: Was There a Cult of El in Ancient Ugarit?Part 3 - The Myth and Ritual of the Good GodsChapter 5. IL in the Fertility Myth (KTU 1.23:30-76)Chapter 6: Mt-w-Šr and His Two WeaponsChapter 7: Myth and Ritual Relationship in KTU 1.23Chapter 8: Revisiting the "Seven" Good Gods of Fertility in UgaritPart 4 - Royal Dynastic Cults in UgaritChapter 9: Kings and Cults in Ancient UgaritChapter 10: The Ancestor Cult in UgaritPart 5 - Language and StyleChapter 11: Vowel sandhi in UgariticChapter 12: "Misspellings" in Cuneiform Texts from UgaritChapter 13: The primae waw Verb wld in UgariticChapter 14: The Problem of Keret's ChildlessnessChapter 15: List and Narrative in 1 Samuel 6:17-18a in the Light of Ugaritic Economic TextsConcluding Remarks

Born 1944; MDiv from Asbury Seminary in Kentucky, USA; PhD from Brandies University; 1974−2022 taught Old Testament at Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo; 1975−99 full-time associate professor at the University of Tsukuba; Professor Emeritus of Japan Bible Seminary and Principal of the Tokyo Institute of Biblical Studies of Japan Bible Seminary.

• IntroductionPart 1 - BackgroundChapter 1: Canaan and the Canaanites Chapter 2: C. H. Gordon, the Father of Ugaritic StudiesPart 2 - El, Baal and YahwehChapter 3: Canaanite Religion and Israelite YahwismChapter 4: Was There a Cult of El in Ancient Ugarit?Part 3 - The Myth and Ritual of the Good GodsChapter 5. IL in the Fertility Myth (KTU 1.23:30-76)Chapter 6: Mt-w-Šr and His Two WeaponsChapter 7: Myth and Ritual Relationship in KTU 1.23Chapter 8: Revisiting the "Seven" Good Gods of Fertility in UgaritPart 4 - Royal Dynastic Cults in UgaritChapter 9: Kings and Cults in Ancient UgaritChapter 10: The Ancestor Cult in UgaritPart 5 - Language and StyleChapter 11: Vowel sandhi in UgariticChapter 12: "Misspellings" in Cuneiform Texts from UgaritChapter 13: The primae waw Verb wld in UgariticChapter 14: The Problem of Keret's ChildlessnessChapter 15: List and Narrative in 1 Samuel 6:17-18a in the Light of Ugaritic Economic TextsConcluding Remarks