English summary: Sumerian literature of the third and second millennia BC presents, among other genres, a large number of hymnic texts. They mostly originated in cultic worship, celebrating power, prestige, benevolence of deities, kings, temples etc. Erhard S. Gerstenberger starts out with that archaic formulaic shout: "[name] be praised!" = "[dDN] za-mi (cf. biblical allelujah). Thereafter he analyzes various laudatory expressions containing the keyword za-mi. He shows that Sumerian praise is not simply a dutiful ...
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English summary: Sumerian literature of the third and second millennia BC presents, among other genres, a large number of hymnic texts. They mostly originated in cultic worship, celebrating power, prestige, benevolence of deities, kings, temples etc. Erhard S. Gerstenberger starts out with that archaic formulaic shout: "[name] be praised!" = "[dDN] za-mi (cf. biblical allelujah). Thereafter he analyzes various laudatory expressions containing the keyword za-mi. He shows that Sumerian praise is not simply a dutiful expression of awe in the face of supreme authorities. Rather, it signifies an effective transfer of power towards the recipients of eulogy. Enhancing and enlivening laudations thus cannot only be emitted from high to low, they can also proceed from the depths empowering the mighty. The human creature thus partakes in the formation and preservation of earthly affairs assuming his and her full responsibilities in all the mysterious interactions of personal and impersonal forces constantly taking place in nature and history. German description: Die sumerische Literatur des 3. und 2. Jahrtausends v.u.Z. bietet auch zahlreiche hymnische Texte, die uberwiegend der kultischen Tradition entstammen. Sie feiern Macht, Ansehen und Fursorge von Gottheiten, Konigen, Tempeln, usw. Erhard S. Gerstenberger analysiert, ausgehend von dem formelhaften, archaischen Heilsruf: "[Name] sei Preis!" = "[dGN] za-mi" (vergleichbar dem biblischen "Halleluja"), die mannigfachen Aussagen des Lobpreisens (za-mi). Er zeigt, dass es im sumerischen Lob nicht nur um die untertanige, pflichtgemasse Anerkennung von Ubermachten geht, sondern um eine effektive Kraftubertragung von Seiten der Lobenden auf die Rezipienten der Huldigung. Starkendes oder Existenz begrundendes Lob kann also nicht nur von Machttragern ausgehen. Auch das Geschopf Mensch nimmt am Welt gestaltenden, erhaltenden, heilsamen Preisen teil, vor allem durch Bitten und Loben. Es ubernimmt damit seine Verantwortung inmitten der geheimnisvollen Interaktionen aller kosmischen Wirkkrafte personhafter sowie unpersonlicher Art.
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