Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature by Abusch, Tzvi

Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004421905)

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Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature by Abusch, Tzvi

Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature

$198.00
Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature by Abusch, Tzvi

Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature

$198.00
Format: Hardcover
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Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures, religions, and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is the large corpus of magical and medical texts directed against witchcraft. The most important of these texts is the Akkadian series Maqlû ("Burning").

This volume offers a collection of studies on Mesopotamian witchcraft and Maqlû written subsequent to the appearance of the author's 2002 collection of studies on witchcraft (Brill, 2002). Many of the studies reprinted here take a diachronic approach to individual incantations and rituals and attempt to solve textual difficulties using literary-critical and/or text-critical approaches.

Author: Tzvi Abusch
ISBN-10: 9004421904
ISBN-13: 9789004421905
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2020
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
By Tzvi Abusch
By Tzvi Abusch
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Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. His primary fields of publication are Mesopotamian religion and literature. Some of his early studies on Babylonian witchcraft are found in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002). He is co-author of Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Brill, 2011-2020).

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