Mesopotamian Witchcraft

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Mesopotamian Witchcraft

Author: I. Tzvi Abusch

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9004123873

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 314

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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 Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlû text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia.
Body, Mind & Spirit
Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Language: en
Pages: 175

Babylonian Witchcraft Literature

Authors: I. Tzvi Abusch
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-01 - Publisher:

Books about Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Mesopotamian Witchcraft
Language: en
Pages: 314

Mesopotamian Witchcraft

Authors: I. Tzvi Abusch
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: BRILL

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 Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû
Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Language: en
Pages: 176

Babylonian Witchcraft Literature

Authors: I. Abusch
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-01-01 - Publisher:

Books about Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Language: en
Pages:

Babylonian Witchcraft Literature

Authors: Abusch
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-15 - Publisher:

Books about Babylonian Witchcraft Literature
Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion
Language: en
Pages: 404

Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion

Authors: I. Tzvi Abusch
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-31 - Publisher: BRILL

These studies take up several themes that the author has pursued in addition to his work on witchcraft literature and Gilgamesh. The volume contains general articles on Mesopotamian magic, religion, and mythology; studies, synchronic and diachronic, on Akkadian prayers; treatments of literary classics; comparative studies of terms and phenomena; and