Infant weeping in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Greek literature / David A. Bosworth.

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Bosworth, David Alan, 1972- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 8.Publisher: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781575064642
1575064642

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Infant weeping in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Greek literature.DDC classification:

809/.93354 23

LOC classification:

PJ3791

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Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Infant Crying; Chapter 2: Infant Crying in Mesopotamia; Chapter 3: Weeping in Infant Abandonment Stories in the Old Testament; Chapter 4: Weeping in Infant Abandonment Stories in Ancient Greek Literature; Chapter 5: Comparative Perspectives; Appendix: Concordance of Baby Incantations; Works Cited; Index of Ancient and Modern Authors; Index of Scripture; Index of Other Ancient Sources.

Summary: Those who have spent time within earshot of a crying baby know the stress this sound can induce. Considerable scientific research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of infant crying because it is a public health concern implicated in parental frustration and infant abuse. Infant Weeping seeks to draw on the extensive research on infant crying in order to understand better the motif of infant weeping in ancient literature. The present book contributes to the growing interest in correlating scientific and humanities scholarship. Scientific research can help bridge the cultural distan.

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Those who have spent time within earshot of a crying baby know the stress this sound can induce. Considerable scientific research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of infant crying because it is a public health concern implicated in parental frustration and infant abuse. Infant Weeping seeks to draw on the extensive research on infant crying in order to understand better the motif of infant weeping in ancient literature. The present book contributes to the growing interest in correlating scientific and humanities scholarship. Scientific research can help bridge the cultural distan.

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