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Babylonian Witchcraft Literature: Case Studies

I. Tzvi Abusch 1987 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license © Brown University
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  • 978-1-946527-14-1 (ebook)
  • 978-1-946527-42-4 (PDF)
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  • Religion
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  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Publishers’ Preface
  • Preface Digital Edition
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Secondary Developments and Synthetic Growth in Akkadian Incantations and Prayers: Some Case Studies in Literary and Textual History
    • Chapter 1 Problem, Hyphothesis and Illustration
    • Chapter 2 Maqlû VII 119-146 and Related Texts
      • A. Problem and Explanation
      • B. Texts
      • C. Historical Reconstruction
      • D. Argumentation
        • 1. Position of Witchcraft Entry
        • 2. Rite of Transference
        • 3. Source of M VII 140-143
        • 4. Addition of M VII 144-146 and shift of Witchcraft Entry
      • E. Summary
    • Chapter 3 KAR 26 and BMS 12
      • A. Principles and Problems
      • B. KAR 26
        • 1. Lament
        • 2. Prayer and Scribal Framework
        • 3. Summary
      • C. BMS
        • 1. Strategy
        • 2. Scribal Framework and Prayer
        • 3. Lament
      • D. Conclusion
  • Excursus
  • Part II: Maqlû I 1-36: An Interpretation
    • Chapter 1 Introduction
      • A. Background
      • B. First Reading
      • C. Questions
    • Chapter 2 Declaration of Innocence and Repudiation of Witch’s Accusation
      • A. Lines 27-30: Exegetical Inferences and Suggestions
      • B. Lines 21-26: Exegetical Inferences and Suggestions
    • Chapter 3 Behavior of Witch: Verbal Adversaries and Witchcraft
      • A. Verbal Adversaries: Lines 4-12 and their Implications
        • 1. Introduction
        • 2. Denunciation of Victim (Mouth and Words): Line 5 and Parallel Lines
        • 3. Silencing of Victim (Tongue): Lines 4, 9-11 and Parallel Lines
        • 4. Lines 4-5. Summary and Further Illustration
      • B. Two Images of Witchcraft
        • 1. Tongue-Mouth/Words
        • 2. Lines 31-33: Another Conception of Witchcraft
        • 3. Integration
    • Chapter 4 Meaning of I 1-36 and Observations on Maqlû I 73-121
      • A. Legal Construction: Force and Function of Lines 4-12 and their Implications for the Incantation
      • B. Overview of I 1-36
      • C. History of I 1-36
      • D. Maqlû I 73-121
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