Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two by Abusch, Tzvi

Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004318540)

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Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two by Abusch, Tzvi

Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two

$301.00
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two by Abusch, Tzvi

Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two

$301.00
Format: Hardcover
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Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is a large body of magical and medical texts written in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. An especially significant branch of this literature centres upon witchcraft. Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and incantations attribute ill-health and misfortune to the magic machinations of witches and prescribe ceremonies, devices, and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction of this body of texts; it provides critical editions of the relevant rituals and prescriptions based on the study of the cuneiform tablets and fragments recovered from the libraries of ancient Mesopotamia.

"Now that we have the second volume, we the more admire the thoughtful organisation of the entire project, the strict methods followed, and the insightful observations and decisions made." - Martin Stol, in: Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXIV n 3-4 (mei-augustus 2017)

Author: Tzvi Abusch, Daniel Schwemer
ISBN-10: 9004318542
ISBN-13: 9789004318540
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2016
Pages: 660
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.90lbs
Size: 11.70h x 8.80w x 1.50d
By Tzvi Abusch
By Tzvi Abusch
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Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. Some of his studies on Babylonian witchcraft are reprinted in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002); he recently published a critical edition of the anti-witchcraft ceremony Maqlû (Brill, 2015).
Daniel Schwemer, Ph.D. (2000), Habilitation (2005), Würzburg University, is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Würzburg University. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion and magic including Abwehrzauber und Behexung (Harrassowitz, 2007).

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