03849oam 2200793K 450 99648357240331620230115220436.00884143503978088414350516283723549781628372359(pbk.)(OCoLC)1129390584(OCoLC)on1129390584(EXLCZ)992436852020004120191203h20192019 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHouse of weeping the motif of tears in Akkadian and Hebrew prayers /by David A. BosworthAtlanta :SBL Press,2019.©20191 online resource (XV, 166 pages)Ancient Near East monographs ;number 24Print version: Bosworth, David Alan, 1972- House of weeping. Atlanta : SBL Press, [2019] 0884143503 9780884143505 (DLC) 2019930771 (OCoLC)1059266487 Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-154) and index.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.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.Ancient Near East monographs ;v. 24.Hymns, AkkadianPrayerJudaismCryingReligious aspectsJudaismCryingReligious aspectsAkkadian languageHebrew languageAkkadiansReligionAkkadian languagefast(OCoLC)fst00803982AkkadiansReligionfast(OCoLC)fst00804000Cryingfast(OCoLC)fst00884474Godsfast(OCoLC)fst00944223Hebrew languagefast(OCoLC)fst00954191Judaismfast(OCoLC)fst00984280Religionfast(OCoLC)fst01093763Prayers and devotion.Hymns, Akkadian.PrayerJudaism.CryingReligious aspectsJudaism.CryingReligious aspects.Akkadian language.Hebrew language.AkkadiansReligion.Akkadian language.AkkadiansReligion.Crying.Gods.Hebrew language.Judaism.Religion.299.21Bosworth David Alan1972-1252861INAINAOCLOCLCOOCLCQ996483572403316House of weeping2904639UNISA