The Witchcraft Series Maqlu

Author : Tzvi Abusch
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628370850

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The Witchcraft Series Maqlû by Tzvi Abusch Pdf

A new reconstruction and translation of the Maqlû text The Akkadian series Maqlû, “Burning,” is one of the most significant and interesting magical texts from the Ancient Near East. The incantations and accompanying rituals are directed against witches and witchcraft and ctually represent a single complex ceremony. The ceremony was performed during a single night and into the following morning at the end of the month Abu (July/August), a time when spirits were thought to move back and forth between the netherworld and the world of the living. Features: English translation of approximately 100 incantations and rituals Annotated transcription Introduction places the series in historical context and shows how it is a product of a complex literary and ceremonial development.

Author : Tzvi Abusch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9789004291706

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The Magical Ceremony Maqlû by Tzvi Abusch Pdf

The Akkadian series Maqlû is the most important magical text against witchcraft from Mesopotamia. This new edition of the standard text contains a synoptic edition of all manuscripts, a composite text in transliteration, an annotated transcription and translation.

Author : Daniel Schwemer
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Akkadian language
ISBN : 3447107707

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The Anti-witchcraft Ritual Maqlû by Daniel Schwemer Pdf

"This book examines the epigraphy and history of transmission of the cuneiform sources of the Maqlû antiwitchcraft ritual, one of the major compositions of ancient Mesopotamian exorcistic lore ... the manuscripts are presented in 'hand-copies' (technical drawings) on the plates in the second half of the book."--Preface, p. [vii].

Author : Esther Brownsmith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040015056

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Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative by Esther Brownsmith Pdf

This book uses three examples of violent biblical stories about women, explored through the lens of conceptual metaphor theory in relation to culinary language used within these texts, to examine wider issues of gender and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible. Utilising the tools of conceptual metaphor theory, feminist criticism, and classic textual analysis, Brownsmith interrogates some of the most troubling biblical passages for women—neither by redeeming them nor by condemning them, but by showing how they are intrinsically shaped by the enduring metaphor of woman as food in the Hebrew Bible, ancient Near East, and beyond. The volume explores three main case studies: the Levite’s “concubine” (Judges 19); Tamar and Amnon (2 Sam 13); and the life and death of Jezebel (primarily 1 Kings 21 and 2 Kings 9). All depict violence toward a woman as perpetrated by a man, interwoven with culinary language that cues their metaphorical implications. In these sensitive but critical readings of violent tales, Brownsmith also draws on a broad range of interdisciplinary connections from Ricoeur to ancient Ugaritic epics to modern comic books. Through this approach, readers gain new insights into how the Bible shapes its narratives through conceptual metaphors, and specifically how it makes meaning out of women’s brutalized bodies. Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor is suitable for students and scholars working on gender and sexual violence in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East more broadly, as well as those working on conceptual metaphor theory and feminist criticism.

Author : Tzvi Abusch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9789004453395

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Mesopotamian Witchcraft by Tzvi Abusch Pdf

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.

Author : I. Abusch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian
ISBN : 1930675402

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Babylonian Witchcraft Literature by I. Abusch Pdf

Author : John H. Walton
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493414369

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Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament by John H. Walton Pdf

Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.

Author : H. H. Hardy,Joseph Lam,Eric D. Reymond
Publisher : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781614910763

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'Like 'Ilu Are You Wise' by H. H. Hardy,Joseph Lam,Eric D. Reymond Pdf

This volume honors Dennis G. Pardee, Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and one of the preeminent experts in Northwest Semitic languages and literatures, particularly Ugaritic studies. The thirty-seven essays by colleagues and former students reflect the wide range of Professor Pardee's research interests and include, among other topics, new readings of inscriptions, studies of poetic structure, and investigations of Late Bronze Age society.

Author : Averil Cameron,Amélie Kuhrt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135859237

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Images of Women in Antiquity by Averil Cameron,Amélie Kuhrt Pdf

The agenda and significance of women in antiquity has gained considerable attention in recent years. In this book diverse roles for and attitudes to women in ancient societies are explored: women as witches, as courtesans, as mothers, as priestesses, as nuns, as heiresses and typically as eranged. The shifting focus is variously economic, social, biological, religious and artistic. The studies cover a wide geographic and chronological range, from the ancient Hittite kingdom to the Byzantine Empires. This book has been brought thoroughly up to date with the addition of a new introduction and addenda to individual chapters.

Author : Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida,Ernest S. Frerichs Director Brown University Program in Judaic Studies,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher Assistant Professor of the History and Literature of Religion Northwestern University
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1989-06-01
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9780199729333

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Religion, Science, and Magic : In Concert and in Conflict by Jacob Neusner Professor of Religion University of South Florida,Ernest S. Frerichs Director Brown University Program in Judaic Studies,Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher Assistant Professor of the History and Literature of Religion Northwestern University Pdf

Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigrous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literature.

Author : Rivkah Harris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0806135395

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Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia by Rivkah Harris Pdf

Rivkah Harris’s cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach breaks new ground in assessing Mesopotamian attitudes toward youth and mature adulthood, aging and the elderly, generational conflict, gender differences in aging, relationships between men and women, women’s contributions to cultural activities, and the "ideal woman." To uncover Mesopotamian perspectives, Harris combed through primary sources - including literature and myth, letters, economic and legal texts, and visual materials. Even such pivotal cultural influences as the Gilgamesh Epic and Enuma Elish are reinterpreted in an original manner.

Author : Joshua Free,Khem Juergen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1467904678

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Maqlu Magic by Joshua Free,Khem Juergen Pdf

THE MAQLU... ...the most ancient and coveted manual of the DARK ARTS ever known to man -- finally translated for accessible modern practice by the Mardukite Chamberlains for the first time ever in print to the public -- the product of a three year intensive venture! THE MAQLU... ...an authentic "Necronomicon Spellbook" of Mesopotamian Magick drawn from the sands of Babylonia -- as known to the Sumerians then reinvented in Babylon -- forming a complete Anunnaki ('alien sky god') "grimoire" -- a complete handbook dedicated to ENKI, MARDUK and SAMAS and used by magicians and priests for thousands of years to combat in wizards' duels, reverse the effects of evil spells and curses, banish disease and nightmares, and conjure the protection and blessings of the gods! THE MAQLU... ...no mere 'folk magic' or rural witches' "Book of Shadows," the MAQLU (M-Series) of cuneiform tablets was first in possession of the 'highest order' of priest-scribes and temple-magicians in ancient Mesopotamia -- the cradle-origins of human civilization. So powerful was the MAQLU that the government of the greatest empires in history employed its use to ensure prosperous lands, happiness among the people and to dispel the chaotic, negative and malignant forces in the community -- things we long for even now... and perhaps as in the long forgotten millennium past, the MAQLU provides an answer just as relevant today! MAQLU MAGIC is the previously unpublished conclusion to the "Tablet-M Series" of the Mardukite Chamberlains, found within the "Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible," now available to the public in conjunction with the Mardukite Truth Seeker Press edition as "Liber M - The New MAQLU Translation" and simultaneously released by the Mardukites as "Necronomicon Spellbook II: The Magick of the Maqlu" edited by Joshua Free.

Author : Patrick Curry,Angela Voss

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781443810883

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Seeing with Different Eyes by Patrick Curry,Angela Voss

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Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination represents the cutting-edge of contemporary thought and research on divination. The thirteen authors come from a variety of academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology and classics to English literature and religious studies, and all address the question of divination, astrology and oracles in a spirit of critical but sympathetic inquiry. The emphasis is on a participatory and reflexive approach which is firmly post-positivist, seeking to understand the divinatory act on its own terms within widely varying contexts – ancient Greek and Chaldean philosophy and theurgy, Theravadan Buddhism, Biblical studies, Elizabethan Hermeticism, Jacobean drama, Heideggerian philosophy, Medieval scholasticism, 19th century occultism, contemporary Guatemalan divination and Western medical practice. The authors are all teachers or researchers in the area of divination and symbolism, which is a new disciplinary focus developing at the University of Kent, Canterbury under the aegis of the MA programme in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. The essays in this volume originally contributed to an international conference of the same name held there in April 2006.

Author : John J. Collins
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 079142345X

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Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys by John J. Collins Pdf

This is a psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic of religion.

Author : Ellen Cannon Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Cabala
ISBN : OCLC:1036929665

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The Witches' Qabala by Ellen Cannon Reed Pdf