The Reception of Mesopotamian and Early Jewish Traditions in the Aramaic Incantation Bowls
This article presents several examples of how the Aramaic incantation bowls from late-antique Mesopotamia receive and use earlier traditions preserved in Mesopotamian cuneiform and Jewish alphabetic sources, with a view to demonstrating the importance of the bowls when discussing the earlier proces...
| Published in: | Aramaic studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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| In: |
Aramaic studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arameans
/ Inscription
/ Aramaic language
/ Spring
/ Emar
/ Emar
/ Spring
/ Mesopotamia
/ Literature
/ Aramaic language
/ Amulet
/ Spirit
/ Conjuration
/ Cuneiform
/ Magic
/ Magic
/ Superstition
/ 11Q11
/ Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements HD Early Judaism TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
incantation bowls
Aramaic cultural mediation
cuneiform sources
11Q11
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This article presents several examples of how the Aramaic incantation bowls from late-antique Mesopotamia receive and use earlier traditions preserved in Mesopotamian cuneiform and Jewish alphabetic sources, with a view to demonstrating the importance of the bowls when discussing the earlier process of ‘Aramaic cultural mediation’. Four ways in which the bowls receive the earlier traditions are discussed (formulaic, terminological, conceptual and methodological), which help us appreciate what we should be looking for in other contexts. The clear reception of motifs from 11Q11 in the incantation bowls allows us to bridge the gap between the earlier cuneiform sources and the later incantation bowls. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-13110210 |