{"product_id":"corpus-of-mesopotamian-anti-witchcraft-rituals-tzvi-abusch-9789004318540","title":"Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume Two","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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: \u003ci\u003eBibliotheca Orientalis\u003c\/i\u003e LXXIV n  3-4 (mei-augustus 2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tzvi Abusch, Daniel Schwemer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004318542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004318540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.70h x 8.80w x 1.50d","brand":"Tzvi Abusch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46292979089663,"sku":"9789004318540","price":301.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5183996a-b035-4a41-92b6-b78ebdb0cb36.jpg?v=1730210731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corpus-of-mesopotamian-anti-witchcraft-rituals-tzvi-abusch-9789004318540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}