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

Tzvi Abusch (Author), I. Tzvi Abusch (Author), T. Abusch (Author)

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Hardcover: 314 pages
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers (June 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9004123873
ISBN-13: 978-9004123878
Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.8 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 816 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #526,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #98 in Books > History > Ancient > Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer

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'..".the articles presented here provide many insights into the social, literary, and historical fabric into which the Maqlu "texts were woven, and offer the interested comparativist a number of avenues for further research.'
Scott B. Noegel, "Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2002-2003.

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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.