‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding Spell
This article examines a Syriac erotic binding spell, ‘Binding of a Husband’. We provide a text-critical edition of this spell based on three manuscripts and reconsider previous editions and translations. We also try to establish the aim of the text and its place in the Syriac magical tradition. For...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 154-195 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eroticism
/ Syriac language
/ Story
/ Magic
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| IxTheo Classification: | NCF Sexual ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Syriac magic
B binding spells B love charms B Classical Syriac B modern Syriac manuscripts B erotic spells |
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| Summary: | This article examines a Syriac erotic binding spell, ‘Binding of a Husband’. We provide a text-critical edition of this spell based on three manuscripts and reconsider previous editions and translations. We also try to establish the aim of the text and its place in the Syriac magical tradition. For this purpose, the evidence from modern Syriac magic manuscripts as well as from other pieces of Syriac literature is addressed. In addition, we discuss possible parallels for ‘Binding of a Husband’ beyond Syriac literature. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10037 |