Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals: Volume One

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18913-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 618 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 294 mm, Gewicht: 2563 g

Reihe: Ancient Magic and Divination

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 centres 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.

This is the first volume in the three-part Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals series.. Volumes two and three are expected in 2015 and 2018 respectively.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of witchcraft beliefs, magic, and medicine in antiquity, as well as students of the ancient Near East, ancient Egypt and the Bible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abusch, Tzvi

Schwemer, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Magie, Alchemie und Hermetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Hexerei und Zauberei

Über Autor(innen)

Schwemer, Daniel
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).

Abusch, Tzvi
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).

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).