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Heavy hand of the god (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Babylonian Job (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi) 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.03 Wisdom literature 04.03.01 Philosophical and moral treatises 04.03.01.01 Babylonian Job (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi) Metaphor 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.06 Poetic and literary devices 04.06.16 Metaphor	Keywords gods power sayings
Period Greek Archaic Age	Channel Akkadian poetry Greek poets Old Testament

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Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi 3.1:
His hand was heavy upon me, I could not bear it.

1 Samuel 5:6:
And the hand of Yahweh was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified them and afflicted them with piles.

Homer, Iliad 1.97 (Vulgate Text):
Nor will (Apollo) sooner withdraw the heavy hands of plague, than …

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Homer, Iliad 1.97 (Vulgate Text)
Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi 3.1
1 Samuel 5:6

Bibliography

West 1997, 223

West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

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cf. Homer, Iliad 1.97

Amar Annus

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