Lament

by Ann Suter

Lament seems to have been universal in the ancient world. As such, it is an excellent touchstone for the comparative study of attitudes towards death and the afterlife, human relations to the divine, views of the cosmos, and the constitution of the fabric of society in different times and
places. This collection of essays offers the first ever comparative approach to ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern traditions of lament. Beginning with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195336925
• ISBN13: 9780195336924
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages