Babylonian witchcraft literature case studies
"The studies in this volume focus on individual Babylonian magical texts while developing an overall understanding of these texts as a whole. Part One follows a diachronic approach, Part Two a synchronic one. In this sense, the studies are to be viewed broadly: while unravelling knots in indivi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Georgia
Scholars Press
2020, 2020©2020
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| Edition: | Second edition |
| Series: | Brown Judaic studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "The studies in this volume focus on individual Babylonian magical texts while developing an overall understanding of these texts as a whole. Part One follows a diachronic approach, Part Two a synchronic one. In this sense, the studies are to be viewed broadly: while unravelling knots in individual texts, they highlight certain issues and exemplify some solutions for common problems in traditional Mesopotamian therapeutic literature."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Edition statement from online full metadata page. - "With the exception of the second preface, this edition remains unchanged from the original."--Publishers' preface. - "Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program."--T.p. verso. - "Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License."--T.p. verso |
| Physical Description: | 181 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781946527158 9781946527424 |