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Prayer
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I. Ancient Orient

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A. General remarks

Several hundred prayers have been preserved from the ancient Orient, dating from as far back as the 3rd millennium BC. In some cases, the history of their texts can be traced back for several centuries. A variety of genres usually classified as lamentations, hymns, etc., are actually prayers, since lamentations or hymns of praise to a deity simply represent the occasion for a fol…

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Renger, Johannes (Berlin), Jansen-Winkeln, Karl (Berlin), Ego, Beate (Osnabrück) and Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH), “Prayer”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e419980>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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