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Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature
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.
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Brill
- Publish Date: Jun 5th, 2002
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.40in - 6.00in - 1.00in - 1.36lb
- EAN: 9789004123878
- Categories: • Magick Studies• Occultism
About the Author
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.
Praise for this book
'...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.
Scott B. Noegel, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2002-2003.