Tzvi Abusch

Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature

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This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. With chapters on the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlu text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlu ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlu text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-90-04-12387-8
EAN: 9789004123878
Produktnummer: 1617624
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 314 S.
Reihenbandnummer: 5

Über den Autor

Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. in Assyriology from Harvard University, is Rose B. and Joseph Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion. He has taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has held a number of awards and fellowships. His particular area of interest is Ancient Mesopotamian Religious Literature and Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Literature.