RT Article
T1 A Prayer to Sîn and the Psalms
JF Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
VO 17
IS 1
SP 1
OP 27
A1 Hamme, Joel Travis
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/156213339X
AB The paper argues that scribes in Mesopotamia and Israel adapted prayers into various contexts for different purposes. The adaptations introduced were governed by the larger purposes of the prayer’s new context. The paper uses Pss 14 and 53 and Sîn 6 to illustrate this point. Psalms 14 and 53 were adapted to fit into the larger purpose and message of the first and second Davidic Psalters, respectively, while Sîn 6 was adapted into rituals or a collection of dingir.ša.dib.ba prayers. The paper concludes that the purposes for which prayers were adapted were based upon setting, and that, as such, it is unwise to suggest that only corruptions in Vorlagen explain text differences.
K1 Psalms : Mesopotamian Prayers : Mesopotamian Rituals : Redaction Criticism
DO 10.1163/15692124-12341284