I Have Written to the King, My Lord - Secular Analogies for the Psalms (Paperback, New edition)

The psalms in the Hebrew Bible have often been compared with the religious texts of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Canaan. Roger Tomes shows, in this incisive monograph, how the letters of the ancient Near East, from Mari, Amarna, Ugarit, Nimrud and Nineveh, are an equally rewarding analogue. In them we find suppliants, caught in crisis situations, appealing to their rulers; they use the same arguments to persuade them to act as the psalmists in their appeals to God: protestations of innocence, confession of faults, promises of loyalty, descriptions of plight, appeal to the other's own interests, direct reproaches and quotation of the reproaches of enemies, and expressions of dependence. These are parallels that have much to teach us about the social position of the psalmists and their relationship to the cult.

General

Imprint:	Sheffield Phoenix Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Hebrew Bible Monographs, No. 1
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Roger Tomes
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	160
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-905048-71-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-905048-71-8
Barcode:	9781905048717

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