Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore
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Sources of Evil is a collection of thirteen essays on the knowledge employed by Mesopotamian healing experts to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil.

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Produktbeschreibung
Sources of Evil is a collection of thirteen essays on the knowledge employed by Mesopotamian healing experts to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil.
Autorenporträt
Greta Van Buylaere, Ph.D. (2009), University of Udine, is 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. Mikko Luukko, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, is 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. 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 Abwehrzauber und Behexung (Harrassowitz, 2007). Avigail Mertens-Wagschal is currently studying for her Ph.D. in Assyriology at the University of Würzburg. She completed her MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her field of study is aggressive magic in Mesopotamia.