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A House of Weeping: The Motif of Tears in Akkadian and Hebrew Prayers

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  • Publisher: SBL Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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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 prayer 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.
A House of Weeping: The Motif of Tears in Akkadian and Hebrew Prayers and Creation and Emotion in the Old Testament
Creation and Emotion in the Old TestamentA House of Weeping: The Motif of Tears in Akkadian and Hebrew Prayers

  • Title

    A House of Weeping: The Motif of Tears in Akkadian and Hebrew Prayers

  • Author

    David A. Bosworth

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    SBL Press

  • Published

    January 2019

  • Weight

    441g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780884143505

  • ISBN-10

    0884143503

  • Eden Code

    4962657

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