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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4372| Title: | Praying as a plaintiff. |
| Authors: | Holtz, Shalom E 0000-0003-1515-4216 |
| Keywords: | prayer psalms Neo-Babylonian law |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Citation: | Holtz, Shalom E. (2011). Praying as a plaintiff. Vetus Testamentum. 61(2), 1-22. |
| Series/Report no.: | Vetus Testamentum;61(2) |
| Abstract: | Several biblical prayers include the speaker's demand for judgment from God. Akkadian prayers contain similar language. Examination of plaintiffs' statements in Neo-Babylonian lawsuit records substantiates the interpretation of these demands in prayers as a courtroom form of speech. |
| Description: | research article |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.1163/156853311X564796 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4372 |
| ISSN: | 0042-4935 |
| Appears in Collections: | Yeshiva College: Faculty Publications |
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