Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Toward a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature (Ancient Magic and Divination) [1 ed.] 9004123873, 9789004123878
Abusch (Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Brandeis U.) presents 14 essays on Mesopotamian witchcraft and the witchcraf
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Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Preface
Part I: Mesopotamian Witchcraft
Chapter 1: The Demonic Image of the Witch in Standard Babylonian Literature: The Reworking of Popular Conceptions by Learned Exorcists
Chapter 2: Witchcraft and the Anger of the Personal God
Chapter 3: Considerations When Killing a Witch: Developments in Exorcistic Attitudes to Witchcraft in Mesopotamia
Chapter 4: Witchcraft, Impotence, and Indigestion
Chapter 5: The Internalization of Suffering and Illness in Mesopotamia: A Development in Mesopotamian Witchcraft Literature
Part II: The Nature and History of Maqlû
Chapter 6: The Nature of Maqlû: Its Character, Divisions, and Calendrical Setting
Chapter 7: An Early Form of the Witchcraft Ritual Maqlû and the Origin of a Babylonian Magical Ceremony
Chapter 8: The Ritual Tablet and Rubrics of Maqlû: Toward the History of the Series
Chapter 9: Ritual and Incantation: Interpretation and Textual History of Maqlû VIII 58-105 and IX 152-59
Chapter 10: Water into Fire: The Formation of Some Witchcraft Incantations
Part III: Meaning: The Religious and Intellectual Setting of Maqlû
Chapter 11: The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part I
Chapter 12: The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part II
Chapter 13: Ascent to the Stars in a Mesopotamian Ritual: Social Metaphor and Religious Experience
Chapter 14: Maqlû: A Schematic Summary
Bibliography
Indices
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Preface
Part I: Mesopotamian Witchcraft
Chapter 1: The Demonic Image of the Witch in Standard Babylonian Literature: The Reworking of Popular Conceptions by Learned Exorcists
Chapter 2: Witchcraft and the Anger of the Personal God
Chapter 3: Considerations When Killing a Witch: Developments in Exorcistic Attitudes to Witchcraft in Mesopotamia
Chapter 4: Witchcraft, Impotence, and Indigestion
Chapter 5: The Internalization of Suffering and Illness in Mesopotamia: A Development in Mesopotamian Witchcraft Literature
Part II: The Nature and History of Maqlû
Chapter 6: The Nature of Maqlû: Its Character, Divisions, and Calendrical Setting
Chapter 7: An Early Form of the Witchcraft Ritual Maqlû and the Origin of a Babylonian Magical Ceremony
Chapter 8: The Ritual Tablet and Rubrics of Maqlû: Toward the History of the Series
Chapter 9: Ritual and Incantation: Interpretation and Textual History of Maqlû VIII 58-105 and IX 152-59
Chapter 10: Water into Fire: The Formation of Some Witchcraft Incantations
Part III: Meaning: The Religious and Intellectual Setting of Maqlû
Chapter 11: The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part I
Chapter 12: The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part II
Chapter 13: Ascent to the Stars in a Mesopotamian Ritual: Social Metaphor and Religious Experience
Chapter 14: Maqlû: A Schematic Summary
Bibliography
Indices
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MESOPOTAMIAN WITCHCRAFT
ANCIENT MAGIC AND DIVINATION Managing Editor Geerd Haayer
Edited by
Tzvi Abusch and Ann K. Guinan
BRILL. SIYX
LEIDEN · BOSTON · KOLN
2002
ANCIENT MAGIC AND DIVINATION V
MESOPOTAMIAN WITCHCRAFT TOWARD A HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF BABYLONIAN WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS AND LITERATURE
by
Tzvi Abusch
BRILL. SfiX
LEIDEN · BOSTON· KOLN 2002
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
ISSN 1566-7952 ISBN 90 04 12387 3
© Copyright 2002 by Styx/KoninklijkeBrill NY, Leiden, The Netherlands © Copyright 2002 by T