xx, 507 pages, 69 plates : illustrations : 30 cm. Summary:Among the most important sources for understanding the cultures and systems of thought of ancient Mesopotamia is a large body of magical and medical texts written in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. An especially significant branch of this literature centers upon witchcraft. Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and incantations attribute ill-health and misfortune to the magic machinations of witches and prescribe ceremonies, devices, and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction of this body of texts; it provides critical editions of the relevant rituals and prescriptions based on the study of the cuneiform tablets and fragments recovered from the libraries of ancient Mesopotamia.

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Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals. Volume Three

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Leiden : Brill

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

9004416269

ISBN-13

9789004416260

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and prescriptions prescribe ceremonies and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction and critical editions of this body of texts.

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Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. Some of his studies on Babylonian witchcraft are reprinted in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002); he is the author of the critical edition of the anti-witchcraft ceremony Maql� (Brill, 2015).
Daniel Schwemer, Ph.D. (2000), Habilitation (2005), W�rzburg University, is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at W�rzburg University. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion and magic including The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maql� (Harrassowitz, 2017).
Mikko Luukko, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, was Research Associate on the “Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals” project at the University of W�rzburg. He has published monographs and articles on Neo-Assyrian letters and Assyrian grammar.
Greta Van Buylaere, Ph.D. (2009), University of Udine, was Research Associate on the “Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals” project at the University of W�rzburg. Her research includes studies on witchcraft, Neo-Assyrian letters, literacy, administration and geography.

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