The Verb גער “to Exorcize” in Qumran Aramaic and Beyond
In the Genesis Apocryphon (1Q20 20:28–29) the verb גער “to rebuke” refers to the expelling of an impure spirit. A similar usage occurs in later magical amulets. Developing the hunch of earlier scholars such as Felix Klein-Franke and André Caquot, the present paper argues that the verb גער acquired a...
| Subtitles: | Aramaic Literature and Language in the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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| In: |
Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2014, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 347-355 |
| Further subjects: | B
Qumran Aramaic
exorcism
delocutive verbs
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