Legitimising magic: strategies and practices in Ancient Mesopotamia
"As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. Th...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2024
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Ancient magic and divination (volume 21)
Année: 2024 |
| Collection/Revue: | Ancient magic and divination
volume 21 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Mesopotamien
/ Magie
/ Divination
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Mesopotamia
B Magic (Iraq) B Witchcraft (Iraq) B Divination History B Magic, Assyro-Babylonian |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | "As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. This volume illuminates the strategies adopted to legitimise the practice of magic and analyses how these justifications are phrased and formulated in cuneiform texts, thereby revealing the underlying principles and unexplained axioms of using magic in the Ancient Near East"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 210 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9004687416 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004687417 |