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The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maqlû

The Cuneiform Sources of a Magic Ceremony from Ancient Mesopotamia

Daniel Schwemer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 220 Seiten

2017
Harrassowitz Verlag
978-3-447-10770-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines the epigraphy and history of transmission of the cuneiform sources of the Maqlû anti-witchcraft ritual, one of the major compositions of ancient Mesopotamian exorcistic lore and a masterpiece of Babylonian literature.The performance of Maqlû, 'Burning', stretched over a whole night and included the recitation of almost a hundred incantations. In the course of the ritual, the victim of witchcraft is transferred from a state of imminent death back to life; he is purified and his bound state undone. The witches are assigned the fate they had intended for their victim by sending the witchcraft back to them.The book consists of three parts: First, an introduction to the Maqlû ceremony as a Babylonian anti-witchcraft ritual is provided; it includes an attempt at giving a step-by-step reconstruction of the ritual drama of Maqlû based on the instructions for its performance and the texts of its recitations. Next, a set of more specialized studies is devoted to various aspects of the cuneiform transmission of Maqlû: the history of the text's reconstruction; the types of manuscripts; their specific provenance and historical context; variation in the textual transmission as well as spelling conventions and linguistic characteristics. Finally, the manuscripts are presented in 'hand-copies' (technical drawings) on the plates in the second half of the book.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.05.2017
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	345 x 240 mm
Gewicht	1561 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
Schlagworte	Alte Religionen und Mythen • Altorientalistik • Ancient Near Eastern Studies • Babylon • Babylonien • Cuneiform studies • Hexerei • Hexerei und Zauberei • History of Religions • Keilschrift • Linguistics • Literary Studies • Mesopotamien • Mesopotamien / Zweistromland; Religion • Religion • Ritual • ritual studies • Texte: Antike & Mittelalter • Texte: Antike & Mittelalter
ISBN-10	3-447-10770-7 / 3447107707
ISBN-13	978-3-447-10770-9 / 9783447107709
Zustand	Neuware