Babylonian Witchcraft Literature: Case Studies I. Tzvi Abusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abusch, I. Tzvi, author.

Contributor:

Brown University.

Series:

Brown judaic studies; 132

Language:

Akkadian

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 154 p. ) Grayscale Illustration

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Brown Judaic Studies 2020

Atlanta : Scholars Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The studies in this volume focus on individual Babylonian magical texts while developing an overall understanding of these texts as a whole. Part One follows a diachronic approach, Part Two a synchronic one. In this sense, the studies are to be viewed broadly: while unravelling knots in individual texts, they highlight certain issues and exemplify some solutions for common problems in traditional Mesopotamian therapeutic literature.

Contents:

Part I: Secondary Developments and Synthetic Growth in Akkadian Incantations and Prayers: Some Case Studies in Literary and Textual History

Part II: Maqlú I 1-36: An Interpretation.

Introduction

Problem, Hyphothesis and Illustration

Maqlú VII 119-146 and Related Texts

KAR 26 and EMS 12

Excursus

Introduction

Declaration of Innocence and Repudiation of Witch's Accusation

Behavior of Witch: Verbal Adversaries and Witchcraft

Meaning of I 1-36 and Observations on Maqlú I 73-121.

Notes:

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CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781946527424

1946527424

OCLC:

1154507034

Publisher Number:

10.26300/fgz1-az68 DOI

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access