Legitimising magic: strategies and practices in Ancient Mesopotamia
"As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. Th...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2024
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| In: |
Ancient magic and divination (volume 21)
Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Ancient magic and divination
volume 21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mesopotamia
/ Magic
/ Divination
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| Further subjects: | B
Mesopotamia
B Magic (Iraq) B Witchcraft (Iraq) B Divination History B Magic, Assyro-Babylonian |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. This volume illuminates the strategies adopted to legitimise the practice of magic and analyses how these justifications are phrased and formulated in cuneiform texts, thereby revealing the underlying principles and unexplained axioms of using magic in the Ancient Near East"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 210 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9004687416 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004687417 |