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I Have Written To The King, My Lord

Secular Analogies for the Psalms [Paperback]

by Roger Tomes

    • Author

      Roger Tomes

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Sheffield Phoenix Press

    • Published

      June 2006

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      The psalms in the Hebrew Bible have often been compared with the religious texts of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Canaan. Roger Tomes shows, in this incisive monograph, how the letters of the ancient Near East, from Mari, Amarna, Ugarit, Nimrud and Nineveh, are an equally rewarding analogue. In them we find suppliants, caught in crisis situations, appealing to their rulers; they use the same arguments to persuade them to act as the psalmists in their appeals to God: protestations of innocence, confession of faults, promises of loyalty, descriptions of plight, appeal to the other's own interests, direct reproaches and quotation of the reproaches of enemies, and expressions of dependence. These are parallels that have much to teach us about the social position of the psalmists and their relationship to the cult.

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      • Author

        Roger Tomes

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Sheffield Phoenix Press

      • Published

        June 2006

      • Edition

        New edition

      • Weight

        232g

      • Page Count

        160

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 9 mm

      • ISBN

        9781905048717

      • ISBN-10

        1905048718

      • Eden Code

        1017001

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      • Author/Creator: Roger Tomes

      • ISBN: 9781905048717

      • Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press

      • Release Date: June 2006

      • Weight: 232g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 9 mm

      • Eden Code: 1017001


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