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Chapter 2 - The city lament genre in the ancient Near East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

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John Jacobs
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Mary R. Bachvarova ,
Dorota Dutsch  and
Ann Suter
Mary R. Bachvarova
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Willamette University, Oregon
Dorota Dutsch
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Ann Suter
Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island
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The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean
Commemoration in Literature, Folk-Song, and Liturgy
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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