Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature

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Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft offers a collection of studies of Akkadian incantations and rituals directed against witchcraft. Many of these essays offer solutions for literary and textual difficulties in these texts through analysis and reconstruction of their historical development. Contents Dedication Sources Abbreviations Studies of the Text of Maqlû Chapter 1 Witches and Demons in Ancient Mesopotamia Chapter 2 Divine Judges on Earth and in Heaven Chapter 3 Maqlû Tablet II: Its Literary Frame and Formation Chapter 4 The Revision of Babylonian Anti-Witchcraft Incantations: The Critical Analysis of Incantations in the Ceremonial Series Maqlû Chapter 5 Maqlû III 1–30: Internal Analysis and Manuscript Evidence for the Revision of an Incantation Chapter 6 Mother and Child or Sexual Mates? Chapter 7 Blessing and Praise in Ancient Mesopotamian Incantations Chapter 8 Notes on the History of Composition of Two Incantations Chapter 9 A Neo-Babylonian Recension of Maqlû: Some Observations on the Redaction of Maqlû Tablet VII and on the Development of Two of Its Incantations Chapter 10 Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation Chapter 11 Alternative Models for the Development of Some Incantations Studies of Mesopotamian Witchcraft Chapter 12 Witchcraft Literature in Mesopotamia Chapter 13 Some Reflections on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Chapter 14 The Witch’s Messages: Witchcraft, Omens, and Voodoo-Death in Ancient Mesopotamia Chapter 15 Illnesses and Other Crises: Mesopotamia Chapter 16 Lists of Therapeutic Plants: An Observation Chapter 17 Dismissal by Authorities: šuškunu and Related Matters Bibliography Index of Maqlû and CMAwR Citations