The Genre of Communal Lament in the Bible and the Ancient Near East |
Common terms and phrases
Akkadian ANET anger Antiphon Antiphon with rubric balags and eršemmas biblical book of Lamentations calamity chapter classic city laments Cohen communal laments composed composition covenant cultic culture curse Damgalnunna destroyed destruction dialect direct address dirge divine emesal enemy Enlil Eridu example extant form criticism funeral dirge genre God's gods grief Gunkel Gwaltney Hebrew Bible Hebrew laments hymn Ibbi-Sin Ibid identified indicated individual laments Išme-Dagan Israel Jacobsen Jerusalem Kirugu rubric Kramer Krecher Kutscher Lament over Eridu lament proper Lamentation for Ur Langdon lines Liturgies millennium motif mourning Mowinckel Nanna neo-Sumerian Ningal Nippur Nur-Adad Old Babylonian period praise prayer Psalm laments psalmist reference Repetend restoration ritual SAHG seems Sitz im Leben SKly songs specific Storm structure šuilla Sumer Sumerian literary Sumerian Literature Sumero-Akkadian laments Supplication temple texts thematic elements theme tion Ur III wailing Westermann אלהים יהוה