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