The texts from ancient Ugarit are among the most important modern discoveries for understanding the Bible. For more than thirty years, Stories from Ancient Canaan has been recognized as a highly authoritative and readable presentation of the principal Canaanite myths and epics discovered at Ugarit. This fully revised edition takes into account advances in the reading, understanding, and interpretation of these stories since 1978. It also includes two additional texts, expanded introductions, and illustrations. Coogan and Smith have collaborated to bring this classic up to date in order to provide accessible and accurate translations of these texts for a new generation of students.

古代乌加里特的文字是理解《圣经》的最重要的现代发现之一。三十多年来，《古代迦南的故事》被认为是对在乌加里特发现的主要迦南神话和史诗的高度权威性和可读性的介绍。这个全面修订版考虑到了自1978年以来在阅读、理解和解释这些故事方面的进展。它还包括两个附加文本、扩展的介绍和插图。库根和史密斯合作将这部经典作品更新，以便为新一代的学生提供这些文本的易懂和准确的翻译。