How to pray to Hittite Gods : a semantic and contextual analysis of Hittite prayer terminology with the New Editions of Selected Prayers of MurĆĄili II
This thesis examines five key terms employed in the colophons and in the main body of Hittite prayers as well as in festival, ritual and oracle texts to describe religious utterances (and rites) and are thus relevant for studying Hittite prayer terminology. These include the verbs arkuwai-, mald-, mugai-, talliya-, walla/i- and wallu- as well as the related nouns arkuwar, malduwar, maltesÌsÌar, mugawar, mukesÌsÌar, talliyawar and walliyatar. The thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter one summarises the previous research on the topic of Hittite prayers and the terminology relating to Hittite prayer and praying. Issues and problems to be investigated in this thesis are identified; they pertain mainly to the function of these terms in the context of prayers. Furthermore, issues relating to the methodology used in this thesis are discussed. In chapter two, all the terms named above are subjected to a detailed semantic and contextual analysis in order to determine their precise meanings and functions, or rather, the functions of the utterances and rites denoted by these terms, within the sphere of Hittite religion. Chapter three investigates the usage of these terms in the prayer context and offers new
Czyzewska, Izabella Sylwia
How to pray to Hittite Gods : a semantic and contextual analysis of Hittite prayer terminology with the New Editions of Selected Prayers of MurĆĄili II. This thesis examines five key terms employed in the colophons and in the main body of Hittite prayers as well as in festival, ritual and oracle texts to describe religious utterances (and rites) and are thus relevant for studying Hittite prayer terminology. These include the verbs arkuwai-, mald-, mugai-, talliya-, walla/i- and wallu- as well as the related nouns arkuwar, malduwar, maltesÌsÌar, mugawar, mukesÌsÌar, talliyawar and walliyatar. The thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter one summarises the previous research on the topic of Hittite prayers and the terminology relating to Hittite prayer and praying. Issues and problems to be investigated in this thesis are identified; they pertain mainly to the function of these terms in the context of prayers. Furthermore, issues relating to the methodology used in this thesis are discussed. In chapter two, all the terms named above are subjected to a detailed semantic and contextual analysis in order to determine their precise meanings and functions, or rather, the functions of the utterances and rites denoted by these terms, within the sphere of Hittite religion. Chapter three investigates the usage of these terms in the prayer context and offers new
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