Legitimising Magic : Strategies and Practices in Ancient Mesopotamia / edited by Nils. P. Heeßel and Elyze Zomer.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9789004687417 (electronic book)
9789004687400 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/0978
Eser Adının Farklı Biçimi
Strategies and Practices in Ancient Mesopotamia
Yayın Bilgisi
©2024
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.
Dizi
Ancient Magic and Divination ; 21
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2024
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Özet, vb.
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.
Dil Notu
English
Konu
Mesopotamia.
Diğer Yazarlar
Heeßel, Nils. P.
Zomer, Elyze
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