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Prayer in the ancient world online editor-in-chief: Daniel K. Falk and Rodney A. Werline
- Format:
- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Prayer.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden Brill
- Summary:
- "Prayer in the Ancient World is a critical handbook on prayer in the ancient world including an anthology of representative prayers from the major languages and religious traditions. The scope will be limited geographically to Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, and chronologically will stop with texts dated to late antiquity. The Work comprises of about 400 entries and is published in both print and online editions"-- Home page
- Contents:
- Akkadian and Sumerian prayer
- Egyptian prayer
- Hittite prayer
- Early alphabetic and Northwest Semitic prayer
- Prayer from Israel and Judah
- Jewish prayer in the Second Temple period
- Jewish prayer in the Rabbinic period
- Greek prayer
- Roman and Italic prayer
- Christian prayer
- Zoroastrian prayer
- Arabian and early Islamic prayer
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from home page (viewed October 16, 2025)
- OCLC:
- 1545510881
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license1
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