Description: Philo of Byblos in the early Roman imperial period claimed to have translated the work of an ancient author Sanchuniathon who recorded stories of the ancient Canaanite gods, stories that resemble the myths found in Ugaritic sources. This monograph provides an English translation of Philo's Greek text with an introduction and notes.
Brief description: Harold W. Attridge is the Sterling Professor of Divinity at Yale Divinity School. Robert A. Oden, Jr. was president of Kenyon College from 1995-2002 and president of Carleton College from 2002-2010.