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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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| Em: |
Ancient magic and divination (volume 21)
Ano: 2024 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Ancient magic and divination
volume 21 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Mesopotamien
/ Magia
/ Adivinhação
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Adivinhação
History
B Magic (Iraq) B Witchcraft (Iraq) B Contribuição 2018 (Marburg) B Magic, Assyro-Babylonian |
| Parallel Edition: | Recurso Electrónico
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| Resumo: | "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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| Descrição do item: | Workshop an der Universität Marburg, 2018 - Preface |
| Descrição Física: | IX, 210 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-68740-0 |
