Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and prescriptions prescribe ceremonies and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction and critical editions of this body of texts.
Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft rituals and prescriptions prescribe ceremonies and treatments for dispelling witchcraft, destroying the witch, and protecting and curing the patient. The Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals aims to present a reconstruction and critical editions of this body of texts.
Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. Some of his studies on Babylonian witchcraft are reprinted in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002); he is the author of the critical edition of the anti-witchcraft ceremony Maqlû (Brill, 2015). Daniel Schwemer, Ph.D. (2000), Habilitation (2005), Würzburg University, is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Würzburg University. He has published extensively on ancient Near Eastern religion and magic including The Anti-Witchcraft Ritual Maqlû (Harrassowitz, 2017). Mikko Luukko, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, was Research Associate on the "Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals" project at the University of Würzburg. He has published monographs and articles on Neo-Assyrian letters and Assyrian grammar. Greta Van Buylaere, Ph.D. (2009), University of Udine, was Research Associate on the "Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals" project at the University of Würzburg. Her research includes studies on witchcraft, Neo-Assyrian letters, literacy, administration and geography.
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