House of weeping : the motif of tears in Akkadian and Hebrew prayers / / by David A. Bosworth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910586601003321
• Autore: Bosworth David Alan <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Atlanta : , : SBL Press, , 2019; ©2019
• ISBN: 0884143503; 9780884143505; 1628372354; 9781628372359
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 166 pages)
• Collana: Ancient Near East monographs ; ; number 24
• Disciplina: 299.21
• Soggetti: Hymns, Akkadian; Prayer - Judaism; Crying - Religious aspects - Judaism; Crying - Religious aspects; Akkadian language; Hebrew language; Akkadians - Religion; Crying; Gods; Judaism; Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-154) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Prayer and weeping -- Attachment theory -- Social sharing of emotion -- The inner voice, or the dialogic mind -- Weeping -- Method -- 2. Weeping in Akkadian prayers -- Šuillas -- Eršaḫungas -- Dingiršadabbas -- Namburbis -- Ikribus -- Tamītus -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: David Bosworth draws on modern research on weeping to understand references to the petitioner's tears in biblical and other ancient Near Eastern prayers. Weeping reflects helplessness and being overwhelmed with emotion, and tears can motivate others to help. Similarly, people turn to prayer at times of extreme distress; therefore, weeping and prayer reinforce one another as strategies to move the deity to offer assistance. Bosworth finds that prayers that mention weeping also indicate that the deity is angry, so tears are a means of calming divine wrath. The book includes comparisons of Hebrew Psalms and Akkadian prayers with reference to modern scientific research on weeping.