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The Gopīs’ Tears

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2018 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. The Poetics and Politics of Ritualized Weeping in Early and Medieval Japan 25
  6. Productive Tears: Weeping Speech, Water, and the Underworld in the Mexica Tradition 52
  7. “Why Do Your Eyes Not Run Like a River?” Ritual Tears in Ancient and Modern Greek Funerary Traditions 67
  8. “Sealing the Book with Tears”: Divine Weeping on Mount Nebo and in the Warsaw Ghetto 83
  9. The Gopīs’ Tears 94
  10. Hsüan-tsang’s Encounter with the Buddha: A Cloud of Philosophy in a Drop of Tears 112
  11. Weeping in Classical Sufism 132
  12. “No Power of Speech Remains”: Tears and Transformation in South Asian Majlis Poetry 145
  13. Ẹkuń Ìyàwó: Bridal Tears in Marriage Rites of Passage among the Ǫ̀yǫ́-Yorùbá of Nigeria 165
  14. A Love for All Seasons: Weeping in Jewish Sources 178
  15. “Pray with Tears and Your Request Will Find a Hearing”: On the Iconology of the Magdalene’s Tears 201
  16. Tears and Screaming: Weeping in the Spirituality of Margery Kempe 229
  17. “An Obscure Matter”: The Mystery of Tears in Orthodox Spirituality 242
  18. “Howl, Weep and Moan, and Bring It Back to God”: Holy Tears in Eastern Christianity 255
  19. “Send Thou Me”: God’s Weeping and the Sanctification of Ground Zero 274
  20. Epilogue: Tikkun ha-olam 301
  21. Index 303
  22. Contributors 313
Holy Tears
This chapter is in the book Holy Tears
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190228-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. The Poetics and Politics of Ritualized Weeping in Early and Medieval Japan 25
  6. Productive Tears: Weeping Speech, Water, and the Underworld in the Mexica Tradition 52
  7. “Why Do Your Eyes Not Run Like a River?” Ritual Tears in Ancient and Modern Greek Funerary Traditions 67
  8. “Sealing the Book with Tears”: Divine Weeping on Mount Nebo and in the Warsaw Ghetto 83
  9. The Gopīs’ Tears 94
  10. Hsüan-tsang’s Encounter with the Buddha: A Cloud of Philosophy in a Drop of Tears 112
  11. Weeping in Classical Sufism 132
  12. “No Power of Speech Remains”: Tears and Transformation in South Asian Majlis Poetry 145
  13. Ẹkuń Ìyàwó: Bridal Tears in Marriage Rites of Passage among the Ǫ̀yǫ́-Yorùbá of Nigeria 165
  14. A Love for All Seasons: Weeping in Jewish Sources 178
  15. “Pray with Tears and Your Request Will Find a Hearing”: On the Iconology of the Magdalene’s Tears 201
  16. Tears and Screaming: Weeping in the Spirituality of Margery Kempe 229
  17. “An Obscure Matter”: The Mystery of Tears in Orthodox Spirituality 242
  18. “Howl, Weep and Moan, and Bring It Back to God”: Holy Tears in Eastern Christianity 255
  19. “Send Thou Me”: God’s Weeping and the Sanctification of Ground Zero 274
  20. Epilogue: Tikkun ha-olam 301
  21. Index 303
  22. Contributors 313
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