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A corpus of Syriac incantation bowls : Syriac magical texts from late-Antique Mesopotamia
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ISSN: 2211016X ISBN: 9004272798 9789004272798 1306858216 9781306858212 9789004272804 9004272801 Year: 2014 Volume: 3 Publisher: Brill

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The Aramaic incantation bowls from Sasanian Mesopotamia are the most important source we have for studying the everyday beliefs of the Jewish, Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Zoroastrian and Pagan communities on the eve of the Islamic conquests. In A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls , Marco Moriggi presents new editions of forty-nine Syriac incantation bowls that were originally published between 1853 and 2012, with accompanying introductions, translations, philological notes, photographs and glossaries. Furthermore, there is a detailed analysis of the Estrangela and Manichaean scripts as used on the bowls, together with newly drawn script charts. In gathering, organising and updating most of the published Syriac bowls, this book provides a valuable resource for further research into both their language and content. 'This volume is a significant contribution to the study of the Syriac incantation bowls, and it should be of great interest to scholars of ‘magic’ in Late Antiquity as well as to those working in Syriac language, literature, and history, since the Syriac incantation bowls are a fascinating—yet often neglected—component of the broader Syriac heritage.' - Aaron M. Butts , The Catholic University of America - Washington D.C., JNES (October 2015) . 'Moriggi’s new book will no doubt become an essential reference work for all interested in Syriac magical texts from late-antiquity. It is also an important contribution not only to our knowledge of the language of the Syriac incantation bowls, but to the whole field of Babylonian Aramaic (JBA and Mandaic).' - Ohad Abudraham , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Beer Sheva, Israel, Orientalia (2015) . 'The volume certainly makes an enormous contribution to furthering studies on Syriac incantation texts, and more generally on incantation bowls. For any scholar who has an interest in incantation bowls, this work is a ‘mustʼ' - Erica C. D. Hunter , SOAS University of London, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 113.1 (2018) .


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The neo-Assyrian and Greek divination in war
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ISBN: 9004429395 9004429387 9789004429383 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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"Neo-Assyrian and Greek Divination in War focuses on all divinatory practices which were used in the ancient Near East and Greece in time of war. Divination was a practical way of discovering the will of the gods, and enabled human contact with the divine. Divinatory practices were crucial to decision-taking. The results of divination were especially important during war. This book concentrates on the methods used to obtain all possible information from the divine world which could impact on the results of war. Knowledge of divine plans, verdicts and favors would ensure victory, power and eternal glory. This book is also about the convergence of the ancient Near East and Greek divinatory systems, methods and practices. Step by step, it points out that the Greeks treated divination in a very similar way to the Mesopotamians, and presents the possible routes of transmission of this divine knowledge, which was practiced in both cultures by a group of well-trained professionals"--

The disposal of impurity : elimination rites in the Bible and in Hittite and Mesopotamian literature.
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ISBN: 1555400566 1555400574 9781555400569 9781555400576 Year: 1987 Volume: 101 Publisher: Atlanta Scholars Press

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Purity, Ritual --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Biblical teaching --- Religious aspects --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Iraq --- Religious life and customs --- 296*515 --- Hittites --- -Purity, Ritual --- -Refuse and refuse disposal --- -Discarded materials --- Disposal of refuse --- Garbage --- Household waste --- Household wastes --- Rubbish --- Solid waste management --- Trash --- Waste disposal --- Waste management --- Wastes, Household --- Sanitation --- Factory and trade waste --- Pollution --- Pollution control industry --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Street cleaning --- Waste products --- Ceremonial purity --- Clean and unclean --- Cleanliness, Ritual --- Purity, Ceremonial --- Ritual purity --- Rites and ceremonies --- Chatti --- Kheta --- Khita --- Indo-Europeans --- Geschiedenis van de joodse liturgie en verschillende riten: Asjkenazi; Sefardisch; Jemenitisch --- Religious life and customs. --- -Geschiedenis van de joodse liturgie en verschillende riten: Asjkenazi; Sefardisch; Jemenitisch --- 296*515 Geschiedenis van de joodse liturgie en verschillende riten: Asjkenazi; Sefardisch; Jemenitisch --- -296*515 Geschiedenis van de joodse liturgie en verschillende riten: Asjkenazi; Sefardisch; Jemenitisch --- Discarded materials --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Environmental aspects --- Irak --- Rāfidayn, Bilād --- Bilād al-Rāfidayn --- Republic of Iraq --- Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah --- Purity, Ritual - Biblical teaching --- Refuse and refuse disposal - Biblical teaching --- Refuse and refuse disposal - Religious aspects --- Iraq - Religious life and customs

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