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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Basic Forms of Communal Lament | 17 |
The Lament Phenomenon in the Ancient Near East | 63 |
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The Genre of Communal Lament in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Paul Wayne Ferris No preview available - 1992 |
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Akkadian ancient Near East anger appeal for deliverance argues balag balags and erSemmas Bible biblical book of Lamentations calamity chapter city-laments classic city laments communal laments complaint composition covenant cultic culture curse Damgalnunna death deity destroyed destruction direct address divine emesal enemy Enlil Eridu erSahunga erSemma example expression of confidence extant form criticism funeral dirge genre God's gods grief Gunkel Gwaltney Hebrew Bible Hebrew laments hymn Ibbi-Sin Ibid identified indicated individual laments Israel Jerusalem Kirugu rubric Kramer Krecher lament proper Langdon lines literary literature Liturgies Mesopotamian motif mourning Mowinckel Nanna Ningal Nippur occur Oh lord praise prayer Psalm 31 Psalm 89 Psalm laments psalmist Psalter question recited reference Repetend restoration SAHG seems Sitz im Leben SKly song specific structure Suilla Sumer Sumerian Sumero-Akkadian laments temple term texts thematic elements theme tion translation Ugaritic wailing Wayne Ferris Westermann
Bibliographic information
| Title | The genre of communal lament in the Bible and the ancient Near East Issue 127 of Dissertation series, Society of Biblical Literature Volume 127 of Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series |
| Author | Paul Wayne Ferris |
| Publisher | Scholars Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 1555405436, 9781555405434 |
| Length | 190 pages |
| Subjects | › › Assyro-Babylonian literature Assyro-Babylonian literature/ Relation to the Old Testament Bible Laments Laments in the Bible Laments/ Iraq/ History and criticism Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament Religion / General |
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