Mesopotamian Witchcraft

Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12387-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

Reihe: Ancient Magic and Divination

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abusch, Tzvi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken

Über Autor(innen)

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.