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This dissertation studies the role and function of lament in the New Testament. It addresses the problem that lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. In some cases the voice of lament appears…

This diachronic and synchronic analysis examines the poetics of funerary lament in Upper Egypt (ʿidid), using a comparative methodology derived from ethnoarchaeology. The study interprets the meaning of contemporary lament as the ritual expression of grief for an idealized decea…