Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan SocietiesUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 13/12/2001 - 168 من الصفحات In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and political role of magic is apparent, too, in the competition to achieve precedence over rival systems of ritual practice and belief. Within a region filled with petty kingdoms competing for power, the Jews of ancient Palestine maintained control over adherents by developing distinct ritual practices and condemning as heretical those of nearby cults. Texts from Mesopotamia reveal a striking number of incantations, rituals, and medical recipes against witchcraft, attesting to a profound fear of being bewitched. Magical rituals were also used to maintain harmony between the human and divine realms. |
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... MESOPOTAMIA Marie - Louise Thomsen Introduction Mesopotamia : The Land , its People and History Earliest History and First Settlements The Sumerian City - States The Akkadians : Babylonians and Assyrians The First Millennium : The Neo ...
... Mesopotamian Magic , State of Research Witchcraft A Literary Example of Witchcraft Laws against Witchcraft The Witch How Witchcraft Manifests Itself Diagnosis Characteristic Symptoms Methods 18 23 23 25 28 30 32 33 35 36 22 22 2 228 1 2 ...
... Mesopotamian Magic after the Fall of Babylon Abbreviations for Publications of Cuneiform Texts PART 2 : MAGIC IN ANCIENT SYRIA - PALESTINE - AND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Frederick H. Cryer The Social - Historical Problem 97 66 99 ...
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Religion | 9 |
The Literary Tradition | 15 |
The Magical Texts | 18 |
The Witch | 28 |
Methods | 35 |
zikurudû | 41 |
Zikurudû | 53 |
Mesopotamian Magic after the Fall of Babylon | 91 |
Material History | 107 |
The Common Proprium of Magic and Religion | 113 |
Magic and Empiricism | 119 |
The Tradition of Priestly Divination | 127 |
The Role of Women in Israelite and Judaean Magic | 134 |
The Evil Eye | 140 |
Bibliography | 153 |
MAGIC IN ANCIENT SYRIAPALESTINE | 97 |