TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abusch,Tzvi
TI  - Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature 
T2  - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
SN  - 9789004453395
AV  - BF1567 
U1  - 133.4 23
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Antiquity
KW  - Literary Themes
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This volume is about the history, literature, ritual, and thought associated with ancient Mesopotamian witchcraft. With chapters on the changing forms and roles of witchcraft beliefs, the ritual function, form, and development of the Maqlû text (the most important ancient work on the subject), and the meaning of the Maqlû ceremony, as well as the ideology of the final version of the text. The volume significantly contributes to our understanding of the Maqlû text, and the reconstruction of the development of thought about witchcraft and magic in Mesopotamia
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004453395
ER  -