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Author Bosworth, David Alan, 1972- author.

Title Infant weeping in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Greek literature / David A. Bosworth.

Publication Info. Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2016.
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 8
Critical studies in the Hebrew Bible ; 8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Infant Crying; Chapter 2: Infant Crying in Mesopotamia; Chapter 3: Weeping in Infant Abandonment Stories in the Old Testament; Chapter 4: Weeping in Infant Abandonment Stories in Ancient Greek Literature; Chapter 5: Comparative Perspectives; Appendix: Concordance of Baby Incantations; Works Cited; Index of Ancient and Modern Authors; Index of Scripture; Index of Other Ancient Sources.
Summary Those who have spent time within earshot of a crying baby know the stress this sound can induce. Considerable scientific research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of infant crying because it is a public health concern implicated in parental frustration and infant abuse. Infant Weeping seeks to draw on the extensive research on infant crying in order to understand better the motif of infant weeping in ancient literature. The present book contributes to the growing interest in correlating scientific and humanities scholarship. Scientific research can help bridge the cultural distan.
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Subject Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian.
Crying in infants.
Crying in infants.
Abandoned children -- Biblical teaching.
Abandoned children.
Biblical teaching.
Greek literature -- History and criticism.
Greek literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bosworth, David Alan, 1972- Infant weeping in Akkadian, Hebrew, and Greek literature. Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2016 9781575064635 (DLC) 2016020811
ISBN 9781575064642 (electronic book)
1575064642 (electronic book)
9781575064635 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1575064634

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