Here is the second video in the series that I am producing to coincide with the publication of the forthcoming monograph, Reading Akkadian Prayers in the SBL ANE Monographs series. I edited two prayers for this volume; the “Prayer to Any God” is one of them (for a translation of this prayer and the introductory video click here). This video briefly–it is under 2 minutes–explores the role of rituals within religions and the “Prayer to Any God” in particular. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Prayer to Any God Rituals from Charles Halton on Vimeo.
Very nice. Quite a powerful and effective way to get the word out about important scholarship. The only critique I would offer is that the Star-Wars-like-text-presentation moves a little too quickly. But this is so cool. Makes me really want to learn both Akkadian and how to use the type of software you used to produce this!