Babylonian Witchcraft Literature: Case Studies /

"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 indivi...

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Autore principale: Abusch, I. Tzvi (Autore)
Enti autori: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (sponsoring body.), National Endowment for the Humanities (sponsoring body.)
Altri autori: Satlow, Michael L. (editorial director.)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 2020.
Edizione:Second edition.
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sommario:
  • 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.