Mesopotamian magic : textual, historical, and interpretative perspectives

Part 1 Theoretical perspectives: magic in history - a theoretical perspective and its application to ancient Mesopotamia, Wim van Binsbergen and Frans Wiggermann; the poetry of magic, Niek Veldhuis; Freud and Mesopotamian magic, Mark J. Geller; psychosomatic suffering in ancient Mesopotamia, Marten Stol; physician, exorcist, conjurer, magician - a tale of two healing professionals, JoAnn Scurlock. Part 2 Surveys and studies: witchcraft and the anger of the personal god, Tzvi Abusch; how the Babylonians protected themselves against calamities announced by omens, Stefan M. Maul; the magic of time, Alasdair Livingstone; magic at the cradle - a reasessment, Karel van der Toorn; apotropaic figures at Mesopotamian temples in the 3rd and 2nd millennia, Eva A. Braun-Holzinger; the poetics of spells -language and structure in Aramaic incantations of late antiquity, Shaul Shaked; interrelations betwen Mandaic lead scrolls and incantation bowls, Christa Muller-Kessler. Part 3 Texts: on some dog, snake and scorpion incantations, Irving L. Finkel; a scholar's library in Meturan?, Antoine Cavigneaux; more incantations and rituals from the Yale Babylonian collection, William W. Hallo; Marduk's address to the demons, Wilfred G. Lambert.