Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals - Rilegato

Abusch, Tzvi; Schwemer, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 9004189130 ISBN 13: 9789004189133

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2010

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. His primary fields of publication are Mesopotamian religion and literature. Some of his studies on Babylonian witchcraft are found in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002).

Daniel Schwemer, Ph.D. (2000), Habilitation (2005), Würzburg University, is Reader in Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion and magic including Abwehrzauber und Behexung (Harrassowitz, 2007).

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• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9004189130
• ISBN 13: 9789004189133
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 482