Sources of evil: studies in Mesopotamian exorcistic lore

Intro -- Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Organizing Magical and Medical Knowledge -- 1 The Exorcist's Manual: Structure, Language, Sitz im Leben -- 2 Catalogues, Texts, and Specialists: Som...

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Main Author: Schwemer, Daniel 1970- (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: Sources of evil: complexity and systematization, differentiation and interdependency in Mesopotamian exorcistic lore, Veranstaltung 2015, Würzburg (Author)
Contributors: Van Buylaere, Greta 1973- (Editor) ; Luukko, Mikko 1968- (Editor) ; Mertens-Wagschal, Avigail (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston BRILL 2018
In: Ancient magic and divination (15)
Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Sources of evil : studies in Mesopotamian exorcistic lore] (2020) (Geller, Mark J.)
[Rezension von: Sources of evil : studies in Mesopotamian exorcistic lore] (2020) (Noegel, Scott B., 1962 -)
Series/Journal:Ancient magic and divination 15
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Healer / Exorcism
B Mesopotamia / Belief in spirits / Exorcism
Further subjects:B Exorcism-History
B Electronic books
B Good and evil
B Conference program 15.04.2015-17.04.2015 (Würzburg)
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Intro -- Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Organizing Magical and Medical Knowledge -- 1 The Exorcist's Manual: Structure, Language, Sitz im Leben -- 2 Catalogues, Texts, and Specialists: Some Thoughts on the Aššur Medical Catalogue and Mesopotamian Healing Professions -- Agents of Evil and Causes of Illness -- 3 Identifying Divine Agency: The Hands of the Gods in Context -- 4 Kamadme, the Sumerian Counterpart of the Demon Lamaštu -- 5 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wolf: Aggressive Magic and Witchcraft in the Old Babylonian Period -- Repelling Evil with Rituals, Amulets, and Incantations -- 6 Evil Helpers: Instrumentalizing Agents of Evil in Anti-witchcraft Rituals -- 7 Magico-medical Plants and Incantations on Assyrian House Amulets -- 8 Alternative Models for the Development of Some Incantations -- Concepts and Therapies of Illness -- 9 Reusing Incantations and Making New from Old: On the Formation and Therapeutic Objective of the Muššuʾu ("Embrocation") Compendium -- 10 Tracing Mesopotamian Medical Knowledge: A Study of maškadu and Related Illnesses -- The Living and the Ordered World in Exorcistic Lore -- 11 Ina lumun attalî Sîn: On Evil and Lunar Eclipses -- 12 Highway to Hell: The Winds as Cosmic Conveyors in Mesopotamian Incantation Texts -- 13 The Göttertypentext as a Humanistic Mappa Mundi: An Essay -- Indices
ISBN:9004373349