A Study in Conceptual Parallels: Graeco-Roman Binding Spells and Babylonian Incantation Bowls
This article explores the similarities and differences between Babylonian incantation bowls and Graeco-Roman binding spells and ‘prayers for justice’. It does not intend to demonstrate a direct historical link between the two, but rather to examine the conceptual relations between magical texts and...
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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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2015
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| In: |
Aramaic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Curse table
/ Conjuration
/ Curse
/ Culture mediation
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion BE Greco-Roman religions HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Defixiones
katadesmoi
binding spells
prayers for justice
magic bowls
incantations
curses
cultural transfer
B Bindezauber B Zauberschale |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
