Invoking the God: Interpreting Invocations in Mesopotamian Prayers and Biblical Laments of the Individual.

This article presents comparative analysis between the literary style of the Biblical psalms and two forms of contemporary Mesopotamian Akkadian prayers. Focus is given to the treatment of invocations of God within the lamentations, noting their brevity and offering an anthropological explanation fo...

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Published in:	Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 129; no. 2; pp. 303 - 316
Main Author:	Lenzi, Alan
Format:	Article
Published:	Society of Biblical Literature Summer2010
Subjects:	Bible. Psalms Akkadian hymns Comparative studies Invocation Prayer God
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