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Author:   Tzvi Abusch
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   17
Weight:   0.507kg
ISBN:  

9789004421905

ISBN 10:   9004421904
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Sources Abbreviations Studies of the Text of Maqlû 1 Witches and Demons in Ancient Mesopotamia 2 Divine Judges on Earth and in Heaven 3 Maqlû Tablet II: Its Literary Frame and Formation 4 The Revision of Babylonian Anti-Witchcraft Incantations: the Critical Analysis of Incantations in the Ceremonial Series Maqlû 5 Maqlû III 1–30: Internal Analysis and Manuscript Evidence for the Revision of an Incantation 6 Mother and Child or Sexual Mates? 7 Blessing and Praise in Ancient Mesopotamian Incantations 8 Notes on the History of Composition of Two Incantations 9 A Neo-Babylonian Recension of Maqlû: Some Observations on the Redaction of Maqlû Tablet VII and on the Development of Two of Its Incantations 10 Vetitive and Prohibitive: an Observation 11 Alternative Models for the Development of Some Incantations Studies of Mesopotamian Witchcraft 12 Witchcraft Literature in Mesopotamia 13 Some Reflections on Mesopotamian Witchcraft 14 The Witch’s Messages: Witchcraft, Omens, and Voodoo-Death in Ancient Mesopotamia 15 Illnesses and Other Crises: Mesopotamia 16 Lists of Therapeutic Plants: an Observation 17 Dismissal by Authorities: šuškunu and Related Matters Bibliography Index

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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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