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Sang Youl Cho

Researcher who studied the ranks and roles of heavenly beings in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible.

New College courtyard, University of Edinburgh, photographed in 2017. Institutional context for Cho’s thesis, completed in 2007; neither a portrait nor a photograph from the thesis year
New College courtyard, University of Edinburgh, photographed in 2017. Institutional context for Cho’s thesis, completed in 2007; neither a portrait nor a photograph from the thesis yearLoz Pycock / Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Researcher who studied the ranks and roles of heavenly beings in UgaritUgaritAncient city and kingdom at Ras Shamra on the Syrian coast, flourishing between the fourteenth and early twelfth centuries BCE and preserving multilingual archives.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and the HebrewHebrewA Northwest Semitic language in the Canaanite group, with ancient and modern forms.Glossary · Click to read the explanation Bible. [1]

His thesis was completed at the University of Edinburgh in 2007. It compares kinship, messengers and other roles, and discusses differing translations of Yamm’s instructions to his emissaries; the archive uses it to explain alternative readings of this scene. [1][2]

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  1. Edinburgh Research Archive — Sang Youl Cho, thesis (2007) Author/thesis metadata and abstract. Return to the text ↑
  2. Sang Youl Cho, Pro-angelology in the Ugaritic Texts and the Hebrew Bible, PhD Edinburgh 2007; pp 17,31–35,93–94,100–101,164–167,170–174; KTU 1.2 i 14–15,19–33 The specified passage in this reference. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Sang Youl Cho», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/sang-youl-cho