@article{ART002170208},
author={Sungduk Yun},
title={Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2016},
volume={73},
number={4},
pages={473-502},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sungduk Yun
TI - Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2016
VL - 73
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 473
EP - 502
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This essay aims to explore Akkadian literary texts that include terms for religious sin, such as šettu, šēttūtu, arnu, annu, targīgu, haṭû, hiṭītu, hīṭu, and considers what kind of religious tradition exists behind them. The Akkadian texts reveal to us that religious sin was largely considered to be a ritual mistake, unintentionally committed by an individual. The Gods could forgive the sinner or punish the perpetrator with diseases or other disasters. Professional religious personnel could help their clients with certain prayers, rituals, or incantations, but politicians made use of the concept of religious sin to criticize their opponents and to imprecate curses upon them. In the Neo-Babylonian period, it became much more important to prevent the committing of sins or resulting punishments, so anticipatory prayers and beneficial acts were emphasized. It was an astonishing change of religious tradition, in that the concept of religious sin broke out from its function as a practical remedy and individual faith came to be pursued instead.
KW - ancient West Asian religion;religious sin;ritual mistake;forgive;punish;prayer;individual faith
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
ER -
Sungduk Yun. (2016). Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 73(4), 473-502.
Sungduk Yun. 2016, "Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.73, no.4 pp.473-502. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun "Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73.4 pp.473-502 (2016) : 473.
Sungduk Yun. Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts. 2016; 73(4), 473-502. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun. "Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73, no.4 (2016) : 473-502.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun. Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 73(4), 473-502. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun. Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2016; 73(4) 473-502. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun. Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts. 2016; 73(4), 473-502. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
Sungduk Yun. "Religious Sin Attested in Akkadian Literary Texts" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73, no.4 (2016) : 473-502.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.4.201611.473
