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FOOTNOTES

[1]Hymn to Nebo No. 1.

[2]Hymn to Marduk No. 8.

[3]Hymn to Sin No. 3.

[4]Hymn to Nusku No. 1.

[5]Hymn to Marduk No. 6.

[6]Hymn to Ishtar No. 7.

[7]Hymn to Shamash No. 6.

[8]Nebo No. 1.

[9]Nusku No. 3.

[10]Nusku No. 3.

[11]Nusku No. 1.

[12]Ninib No. 2.

[13]Sin No. 5.

[14]Sin No. 1.

[15]Sarpanitum No. 1.

[16]Shamash No. 5.

[17]Nusku No. 2.

[18]Shamash No. 3.

[19]Ishtar No. 2.

[20]Ninib No. 4.

[21]Shamash No. 3.

[22]Shamash No. 2.

[23]Shamash No. 6.

[24]Ishtar No. 7.

[25]Ninib No. 1.

[26]Ninib No. 1.

[27]Shamash No. 1.

[28]Marduk No. 6.

[29]Marduk No. 8.

[30]Nebo No. 1.

[31]Ishtar No. 7.

[32]Marduk No. 1.

[33]Marduk No. 2.

[34]Nergal No. 8.

[35]Enlil No. 1.

[36]Nebo No. 1.

[37]Ninib No. 1.

[38]Marduk No. 4.

[39]Sin No. 3.

[40]Sin No. 5.

[41]Hymn to Ninib No. 1.

[42]Hymn to Shamash No. 4.

[43]Hymn to Shamash No. 5.

[44]Hymn to Sin No. 4.

INDEXES

GENERAL INDEX

A Adad, 53, 55 Adoration, 18, 19, 45, 53 Alphabetical psalms, 15, 17, 23, 28, 48 Anointed, 38, 48 Antiphonal hymns, 30, 72-82, 99, 157 Antithetical parallelism, 97 Apocrypha, 3 Ascription of praise, 57, 61, 63, 65, 66 Asshur, 55, 81, 110

B Babylonia, 3, 4, 6 Bel, 55, 69, 92 Belit, 55, 84 Blessing, 12 Body of hymn, 19, 21, 26 Bull of Jacob, 80

C Call to praise, 19-21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 85 Choir, 11, 43, 46, 47, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 86, 99 City, 45, 46, 73 Classification, 3 Comparative study, 4, 95 Conclusion of hymns, 10, 11, 15, 20, 23, 25, 27, 34, 39, 40, 64, 81, 85, 88 Confidence, 5, 6, 12, 15, 29 Coronation, 7, 48 Council of the Gods, 37, 103 Couplet, 73, 74, 75, 76, 86, 96 Court style, 56, 57, 59, 60, 66 Creator, 21, 81, 120, 121, 122, 123, 129, 155

D Damkina, 55 Date, 1 Decree, 82 Destiny, 131, 132 Development, 4, 5, 12, 15, 18, 53, 56, 65, 66, 69, 92, 156 Diaspora, 11, 47 Divisions of line, 95

E Egypt, 3, 4 Enemies, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 Enlil, 55, 65, 72, 80 Enthusiasm, 18, 21, 22, 32, 34, 38, 54, 55, 107, 119, 123 Eschatological psalms, 6, 14, 26, 31, 32-38, 49, 50, 150, 152 Ethical character of Assyrian god, 59, 151 Exalted deity, 110, 111

F Faith, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 30, 45 Father, 145, 157 Fertility, 22, 85, 125, 126 Forgiveness, 8, 9, 10, 55, 143

G Gloss, 86 Goodness, 22, 24, 42 Gratitude, 10, 18, 53, 55 Groups, 3, 4, 5, 9, 53

H Hallelujah, 19, 20, 22, 23, 34, 41 Harvest, 12 Healing, 9, 10, 61, 62, 142 Heavens, 42, 109, 111, 120, 157 Holiness of Gawe, 22, 34, 107 Holy mountain, 114 Hymn, 4, 11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 41, 43, 44, 45, 53, 56, 65, 92 Hymnal introductions, 18, 40, 53, 60, 64, 65, 67, 74, 78, 83, 92, 156

I Idols, 22, 25, 29, 37, 105 Iknaton, 41 Individual, the, in Assyrian and Hebrew religion, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 21, 28, 43, 67, 68, 72, 78, 141, 157 Invocation, 57, 60, 61, 65, 66, 73, 76, 89 Ishtar, 53, 55, 56, 58, 63, 64, 78, 79, 85, 86, 109

J Jerusalem, 14, 21, 44, 45, 46, 141 Judge, 37, 104, 150, 151, 157

K King, 6, 9, 10, 32, 36, 37, 38, 48, 49, 50, 82, 132, 146, 155, 156, 157

L Lament, 5, 7, 8, 15, 44, 53, 54, 64 Legend, 11 Length of line, 95 Lightning, 40, 80 Litany, 81, 82 Literary dependence, 105, 155 Liturgical psalms, 10, 13, 27, 28, 30, 36, 41, 47 Lord, 80, 81, 82, 104 Lower world, 111

M Magic, 7, 55, 62, 66, 73, 78, 90, 96, 106, 132, 134, 142, 155 Marduk, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 64, 68, 69, 89, 91, 108, 110, 111 Mercy, 8, 10, 22, 26, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 155 Monotheism, 36, 53, 54, 102, 105, 120, 155 Moon, 109 Mountains, 114, 120

N Name, 42, 75, 80, 81, 85, 106, 107 Nationalism, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 22, 152 Nature, 39, 53, 59, 71, 107, 109, 124, 154 Nebo, 57, 58, 73 Nergal, 53, 55, 56, 57, 72, 74, 75, 77, 88, 90 New song, 33 Night, 39 Ninib, 53, 55, 57, 58, 70, 83, 84, 110 Nusku, 53, 55, 58, 59, 62, 83, 108, 118

O Oracle, 13, 49, 82, 133, 155, 157 Originality, 4, 5, 11, 26

P Parallelism, 72, 74, 76, 96, 97, 154 Penitential, 4 Persecution, 7 Petition, 5-8, 10, 15, 21, 29, 38, 40, 41, 44, 48, 62, 63, 64, 87 Philological study of psalms, 3 Phraseology, 88, 100, 155, 157 Pilgrimage, 44, 46, 47 Polytheism, 53, 100, 101, 102, 103, 122, 133, 157 Power, 22, 84, 130, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 155 Praise, 4, 6, 11, 18, 19, 23, 65, 83, 156 Prayer, 4, 6, 7, 9, 40, 53, 55 Priest, 6, 10, 13, 21, 29, 30, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 86 Processional, 11, 26, 27, 46, 68, 99, 154 Prophetic, 28, 45, 156 Proselytes, 21, 29

R Ramman, 72, 79, 80, 88, 109 Reasons for praise, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29 Refrain, 35, 64, 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 80, 87, 98, 154, 157 Repetitions, 72, 76, 77, 78, 88 Responses, 73, 74, 75, 86 Rhetorical questions, 63, 66, 87, 99, 103, 154 Righteousness, 151, 152, 155

S Sacrifice, 5, 6, 9, 53, 55, 56, 65, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125 Sanctuary, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 32, 44, 59, 69, 86, 91, 92, 112, 154 Sarpanitum, 55, 59, 64, 65, 109 Sceptre, 146, 149 Second person, 20, 25, 35, 36, 40, 43, 55, 65, 66, 72, 89, 90, 92 Self-introduction, 87, 92 Sennacherib, 46 Shamash, 40, 53, 55, 58, 70, 71, 108 Sheol, 9, 17 Shepherd, 13, 144, 157 Sickness, 7, 8, 9, 61, 142 Simplicity, 5, 8, 11, 13 Sin, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65, 71, 73, 76, 108 Soliloquy, 13, 41 Solo, 11, 43 Strophic arrangement, 65, 79, 86, 98, 154 Supplication, 4 Supreme God, 104, 105 Synonymous parallelism, 96 Synthetical parallelism, 97

T Tautological parallelism, 96 Teaching, 4, 9, 15, 17, 30 Testimony, 8, 9, 12, 18, 42 Thanksgiving, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 53 Third person, 20, 25, 35, 36, 40, 55, 89, 90, 92, 99 Throne, 146, 148 Thunder, 39, 40, 88, 109, 127, 129 Titles, 57, 58, 68, 72, 73, 76, 87 Tristich, 76, 96 Type, 3, 9

U Universalism, 24, 26, 31, 37, 53, 107

V Variation, 3, 24, 75 Voice, 39, 88, 110 Vow, 5, 9, 12, 30, 81

W War God, 134, 135, 136, 137, 157 Wisdom, 15, 28, 30, 65, 66, 130, 131, 132, 134, 155 Word, 69, 89, 90, 91, 127, 128, 129

INDEX OF BIBLICAL PASSAGES

Psalm

1 15 2 38, 49, 50, 82, 123 3 7 4 12 7 7, 8 8 20, 22, 39, 41, 42, 47, 95, 96, 106, 110, 111, 121, 123, 155, 156 9 12 10 5 11 12, 109, 151 13 7, 142 16 12 17 8, 116 18 9 19 20, 39, 40, 95, 96, 134 20 6 21 9 22 7 23 12 24 20, 27, 96, 135, 154, 155 26 8 27 12, 116 29 20, 21, 22, 23, 39, 104, 109, 128, 149, 155 30 9 31 142 32 9, 19 33 20, 22, 23, 30, 107, 121, 122, 129, 131, 132, 143 34 15 37 15, 16 38 8, 142 39 8 42 8, 19 43 8, 19 44 5, 44 45 48 46 14, 105 47 20, 32, 34, 97, 138, 148, 149, 155 48 45, 46, 47, 92, 106, 114, 150, 154 49 15, 16 51 8 55 7 56 7 57 7 58 151 59 7, 8 60 5 62 12, 114 63 12, 116 64 7 65 11, 12, 19 66 9, 20, 143 67 6, 21, 37, 96, 97, 155 68 20, 21, 22, 110, 127, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 143, 151 69 7 70 7 71 8 72 6, 7, 48, 49 73 15, 16 74 5 75 151 76 106, 112, 132, 138 78 15 79 5 80 5 81 138 82 32, 35, 37, 38, 97, 104, 110, 123, 151 83 5, 110 84 20, 44, 112 85 5 86 140, 142 87 44, 47, 48, 114 88 8 89 103, 104, 136, 138, 156 90 6 91 13 92 12, 110, 132 93 20, 32, 35, 36, 116, 148, 149 95 20, 102, 114, 118, 121, 124, 144, 149, 150, 154 96 20, 32, 33, 34, 37, 102, 103, 105, 112, 118, 149, 152, 153, 155 97 20, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 104, 137, 138, 148, 149, 151, 153 98 20, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 96, 97, 136, 152, 153 99 20, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 98, 106, 110, 118, 149, 151 100 19, 20, 22, 26, 113, 144, 155 101 48 102 8 103 9, 10, 18, 22, 107, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 148, 150 104 22, 23, 39, 40, 41, 97, 99, 110, 116, 122, 124, 125, 126, 129, 133, 137, 156 105 12 107 10 109 7 110 49, 82 111 19, 20, 22, 23, 28, 118 112 15 113 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 99, 103, 105, 110, 111, 140, 141 114 11, 126, 136, 137 115 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 95, 97, 98, 106, 109, 112, 118, 122 116 9, 142 117 19, 20, 21, 23, 31 118 9 119 48 121 13 122 44, 45 123 5, 6 124 11 125 5, 6, 15, 16 126 5 127 15, 16 128 15, 16 129 5, 6 130 8 131 13 132 112, 115 133 15, 16 134 19, 20, 27, 122 135 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 102, 105, 107, 110, 114, 136, 152 136 5, 11, 12, 104, 121 137 5 138 9 139 15, 112, 123, 139 144 156 145 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 107, 118, 140, 149 146 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 118, 140, 141, 142, 149 147 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 113, 114, 124, 125, 126, 129, 130, 141 148 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 107, 110, 111, 121, 129 149 19, 20, 23, 32, 33, 34, 37, 124, 153 150 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 113, 148, 155

Jonah

2 9

Exodus

3:6 87 20:2 87

Isaiah

41:2, 4 87 42:8 87 43:11, 12 87 45:5, 7 88

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