Mesopotamian ritual-prayers of "hand-lifting" (Akkadian Šuillas)
Subtitle: an investigation of function in light of the idiomatic meaning of the rubric
By: Christopher G. Frechette
Series: Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- Bd. 379; Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- Bd. 379.
Publisher: Ugarit-Verlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Münster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9783868350463
Subjects: Akkadian language; Texts; Assyro-Babylonian religion; Rituals; Prayers and devotions; Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian
Other titles: Akkadian Šuillas
Notes: Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (Th.D.)--Harvard, 2005, under the title, "The name of the ritual : investigating Ancient Mesopotamian 'hand-lifting' rituals for the interpretation of genre in the Psalms"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]298) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "Lifting of the hand" as a formal salutation in an audience with a deity; title: The šuilla rubric and the function of the Akkadian šuillas; title: Akkadian šuilla prayers : identification, structure, and distinguishing features; title: Akkadian šuillas as "rites" within rituals; title: Conclusions; title: Appendices. 1.  Šuilla terms in parallel with terms for communicating with an offering to a deity; title: 2. Instructions for recitation or assurance included with examplars of šuilla prayers; title: 3. List of šuilla prayers; title: 4. Comparison of features in šuilla prayers.