How to Do Things With Tears: Ritual Lamenting in Ancient Mesopotamia - Rilegato

Delnero, Paul

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ISBN 10: 1501519468 ISBN 13: 9781501519468

Casa editrice: De Gruyter, 2020

Riassunto

In contrast to other traditions, cultic laments in Mesopotamia were not performed in response to a tragic event, such as a death or a disaster, but instead as a preemptive ritual to avert possible catastrophes. Mesopotamian laments provide a unique insight into the relationship between humankind and the gods, and their study sheds light on the nature of collective rituals within a crosscultural context.

Cultic laments were performed in Mesopotamia for nearly 3000 years. This book provides a comprehensive overview of this important ritual practice in the early 2nd millennium BCE, the period during which Sumerian laments were first put in writing. It also includes a new translation and critical edition of Uruamairabi (‘That city, which has been plundered’), one of the most widely performed compositions of its genre.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Paul Delnero, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. Paul Delnero, John Hopkins-Universität, Baltimore, USA.

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Cultic lamenting was performed in Mesopotamian for nearly 3000 years as a means of appeasing divine anger and averting imminent catastrophes. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of this important ritual practice in the early 2nd millennium BCE, the period in which Sumerian laments were first put in writing. It also includes a new translation and philological edition of Uruamairabi (‘That city, which has been plundered’), one of the most widely performed laments in Mesopotamia. This distinctive form of lamenting provides invaluable insight into the relationship between humanity and the gods in Mesopotamia, and sheds light on an aspect of collective lamenting that is often overlooked in studies of lament in other times and places, including the modern world.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: De Gruyter
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1501519468
• ISBN 13: 9781501519468
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 605
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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