House of weeping : the motif of tears in Akkadian and Hebrew prayers

1. Verfasser: Bosworth, David Alan, 1972- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, 2019.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource.
Schriftenreihe: Ancient Near Eastern Monographs; 24
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: House of weeping (Print version)
Online Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1. Prayer and weeping
  • Attachment theory
  • Social sharing of emotion
  • The inner voice, or the Dialogic of Mind
  • Weeping
  • Method
  • 2. Weeping in Akkadian prayers
  • Suillas
  • Ersahungas
  • Dingirsadabbas
  • Namburbis
  • Ikribus
  • Tamitus
  • Letter prayers
  • Royal prayers
  • Hymns
  • Language of weeping
  • Divine anger and human tears
  • 3. Weeping in Hebrew psalms
  • Individual laments
  • Communal laments
  • Thanksgiving psalms
  • Others prayers
  • Language of weeping
  • Divine anger and human tears
  • 4. Comparative Perspectives
  • Works cited
  • Indices.