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Mesopotamian Ritual Laments, “Music Therapy,” and the Role of Song in the Conception of the Deity (2021)
Book Chapter
Mirelman, S. (2021). Mesopotamian Ritual Laments, “Music Therapy,” and the Role of Song in the Conception of the Deity. In R. Eichmann, & D. Shehata (Eds.), Music Beyond Cultural Borders. 33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag. Jena, 19–20 September, 2017 (129-135). Marie Leidorf

Lament, Spectacle, and Emotion in a Ritual for Ishtar (2021)
Book Chapter
Mirelman, S. (2021). Lament, Spectacle, and Emotion in a Ritual for Ishtar. In S. Costello, K. Foster, & D. Stein (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World (211-228). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003041610-16

The ritual for Ishtar known from Old Babylonian Mari describes a spectacle that includes running, wrestling, dancing and several other “spectacular” acts. This ritual text also indicates that at specific points during the sequence of events, ritual a... Read More about Lament, Spectacle, and Emotion in a Ritual for Ishtar.

Review of Kaira Boddy: The Composition and Tradition of Erimḫuš (Boston: Brill, 2021). (2021)
Journal Article
Mirelman, S. (2021). Review of Kaira Boddy: The Composition and Tradition of Erimḫuš (Boston: Brill, 2021). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 84(2), 380-382. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X21000604

Lament and ritual weeping in the "negative confession" of the Babylonian Akītu festival (2021)
Journal Article
Mirelman, S. (2021). Lament and ritual weeping in the "negative confession" of the Babylonian Akītu festival. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 21, 42-74. https://doi.org/10.1163/15692124-12341318

This study seeks to contextualise the king’s “negative confession,” which took place in the spring Akītu Festival of Babylon, within the established norms of Mesopotamian ritual practice. The king’s humiliation is situated within the contexts of stat... Read More about Lament and ritual weeping in the "negative confession" of the Babylonian Akītu festival.

Public Lamentation in Ancient Mesopotamia (2021)
Book Chapter
Mirelman, S. (2021). Public Lamentation in Ancient Mesopotamia. In D. Edelman, & C. Hezser (Eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity (36-57). Equinox