Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature

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BRILL, 2002 - 314 páginas
This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. With chapters on the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlû text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia.
 

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Chapter 2
27
Chapter 3
65
Chapter 4
79
Chapter 5
89
The Nature and History of Maqlû
97
Chapter 7
113
Chapter 8
163
Chapter 9
185
Chapter 10
197
Meaning The Religious and Intellectual Setting of Maqlû
217
Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text Part I
249
Chapter 13
271
Chapter 14
287
Interpretation and Textual History of Maqlû VIII 58105 and IX 15259
293
Indices
307
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