
Healing Magic and Evil Demons
Canonical Udug-hul Incantations
Markham J. Geller(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. December 2015
Book
Hardback
VI, 729 pages
978-1-61451-532-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world. It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many ancient libraries.
Reviews / Votes
"For anyone seriously interested in investigating the impact of the incantation literature (Udug-hul in particular) on the history and practice of Mesopotamian medicine, this volume is, for all intents and purposes, irreplaceable."Michael S. Moore in: RBL 12/2016
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
161 Abbildungen
161 ill.
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
2023 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61451-532-6 (9781614515326)
Schweitzer Classification
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Markham J. Geller
Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen / Healing Magic and Evil Demons
Canonical Udug-hul Incantations
Book
11/2015
1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Persons
Markham J. Geller, UCL, UK/Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.