Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Prayer and weeping
Attachment theory
Social sharing of emotion
The inner voice, or the Dialogic of Mind
Weeping
Method
2. Weeping in Akkadian prayers
Suillas
Ersahungas
Dingirsadabbas
Namburbis
Ikribus
Tamitus
Letter prayers
Royal prayers
Hymns
Language of weeping
Divine anger and human tears
3. Weeping in Hebrew psalms
Individual laments
Communal laments
Thanksgiving psalms
Others prayers
Language of weeping
Divine anger and human tears
4. Comparative Perspectives
Works cited
Indices.