Ritual Mourning in the Second Temple Period
Ritual Mourning in the Second Temple Period
Project Summary
My project on ritual mourning in the Second Temple period produced a number of studies of ancient Jewish and Christian Prayers.
Key Findings & Insights
These studies propose that ritualized mourning was a way of making presence from absence after the exile.
Publications
Books
Harkins, Angela Kim. Experiencing Presence in the Second Temple Period: Revised and Updated Essays. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology Series 111. Leuven: Peeters Press.
Journal Articles and Scholarly Essays
Harkins, Angela Kim. “Ritual Mourning in Daniel’s Interpretation of Jeremiah’s Prophecy.” Pages 173-92 in Studying the Religious Mind: Methodology in the Cognitive Science of Religion. Edited by Armin Geertz with Leonardo Ambasciano, Esther Eidinow, Luther H. Martin, Kristoffer L. Nielbo, Nickolas P. Roubekas, Valerie van Mulukom, Dimitris Xygalatas. Sheffield: Equinox Press, 2022. Reprinted essay published in the Journal of Cognitive Historiography 2.1 (2015): 14-33.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “Mourning in Second Temple/ Hellenistic Judaism.” Columns 1312-1314 in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Volume 19. Edited by Benjamin Wright et al. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “Ritualizing Jesus’ Grief at Gethsemane.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 41.2 (2018): 177-203.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “The Function of Prayers of Ritual Mourning in the Second Temple Period.” Pages 80-101 in Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period. Conference proceedings for Copenhagen meeting. Edited by Mika S. Pajunen and Jeremy Penner. BZAW 486. Berlin: De Gruyter Press, 2017.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “The Pro-social Role of Grief in Ezra’s Penitential Prayer.” Biblical Interpretation vol. 24.4-5 (2016): 466-491.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “Ritual Mourning in Daniel’s Interpretation of Jeremiah’s Prophecy.” The Journal of Cognitive Historiography 2.1 (2015): 14-33.
Harkins, Angela Kim. “The Emotional Re-experiencing of the Hortatory Narratives found in the Admonition of the Damascus Document.” Dead Sea Discoveries 22 (2015): 285-307.