The Penitential Psalms and Wholeness: Penitential Psalms in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Penitential Prayers
In this article I examine a Mesopotamian therapeutic ritual and its prayer, “My god, I did not know.” It is clear that although the prayer is quite general, its purpose is to reconcile a sick person to his personal deity so that the patient is healed. I will then examine structural and content simil...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Pneuma
Year: 2016, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 330-348 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Penitential Psalms
Mesopotamian prayers
African Initiated Churches
critical contextualization
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