Mesopotamian medicine and magic: studies in honor of Markham J. Geller

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation -- ‎Bibliography of Markham J. Geller (Panayotov and Vacín) -- ‎Chapter 1. Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation (Abusch) -- ‎Chapter 2. Sons of Seth and the South Wind (Annus) -- ‎Chapter 3. An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet f...

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Contributors: Panayotov, Strahil V. 1981- (Editor) ; Vacín, Luděk 1979- (Editor) ; Trabich, Gene (Contributor) ; Geller, Markham J. 1949- (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston BRILL 2018
In: Ancient magic and divination (14)
Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Mesopotamian medicine and magic : studies in honor of Markham J. Geller] (2020) (Krebernik, Manfred, 1953 -)
Mesopotamian Medicine, Magic, and Literature (2023) (Scurlock, Jo Ann, 1953 -)
Series/Journal:Ancient magic and divination 14
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Medicine / Magic
Further subjects:B Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian
B Geller, Markham J. 1949-
B Medicine, Ancient
B Festschrift
B Iraq-History-To 634
B Electronic books
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Summary:Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎Markham J. Geller: An Appreciation -- ‎Bibliography of Markham J. Geller (Panayotov and Vacín) -- ‎Chapter 1. Vetitive and Prohibitive: An Observation (Abusch) -- ‎Chapter 2. Sons of Seth and the South Wind (Annus) -- ‎Chapter 3. An Old Babylonian Oil Omen Tablet from the British Museum (Anor) -- ‎Chapter 4. Disease and Healing in the Book of Tobit and in Mesopotamian Medicine (Attia) -- ‎Chapter 5. A Transtextual View on the "Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince" (Bach) -- ‎Chapter 6. The 34th Extract of the UGU Series from Babylon: An Edition of the Tablet BM 35512 (Bácskay) -- ‎Chapter 7. Budge's Syriac Book of Medicines after One Hundred Years: Problems and Prospects (Bhayro and Rudolf) -- ‎Chapter 8. An Old Babylonian List of Sheep Body Parts (BM 29663) (Cohen) -- ‎Chapter 9. Putting Theory into Practice: Kiṣir-Aššur's Expertise between Textual Knowledge and Practical Experimentation (Couto-Ferreira) -- ‎Chapter 10. A Brief Look Eastward (Choukassizian Eypper) -- ‎Chapter 11. Two Old Babylonian Incantation Tablets, Purportedly from Adab (A 633 and A 704) (Farber) -- ‎Chapter 12. Of tirku, Moles and Other Spots on the Skin according to the Physiognomic Omens (Fincke) -- ‎Chapter 13. Amulets against Fever (Finkel) -- ‎Chapter 14. A Tale of Two Lands and Two Thousand Years: The Origins of Pazuzu (Frahm) -- ‎Chapter 15. Hermeneutics and Magic in the Commentary to Marduk's Address to the Demons (Gabbay) -- ‎Chapter 16. A New Medical Therapeutic Text on Rectal Disease (Heeßel) -- ‎Chapter 17. Mesopotamian Magic in Text and Performance (Mirelman) -- ‎Chapter 18. Divine Privilege of the Rich and Powerful? Seeking Healing of Illness by Presenting a Luxurious Gift (Oshima and Van Buylaere) -- ‎Chapter 19. BM 32339+32407+32645: New Evidence for Late Babylonian Astrology (Ossendrijver)
‎Chapter 20. Thunders, Haloes, and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination (Raggetti) -- ‎Chapter 21. At the Dawn of Plant Taxonomy: Shared Structural Design of Herbal Descriptions in Šammu šikinšu and Theophrastus' Historia plantarum IX (Rumor) -- ‎Chapter 22. Simplicia and Unpublished Fragments of Alamdimmû from the British Museum (Schmidtchen) -- ‎Chapter 23. Spiegel des Himmels: Synchronisation von Himmel und Erde in der babylonischen Leberschau, Iatromathematik und dem 20-Felder-Spiel (Schreiber) -- ‎Chapter 24. Elpetu-Rush, Inanna and the Flood: A Tale of Human Ingratitude (Scurlock) -- ‎Chapter 25. BAM 7 44: Suppositories for Rectal and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases (Simkó) -- ‎Chapter 26. A Time to Extract and a Time to Compile: The Therapeutic Compendium Tablet BM 78963 (Stadhouders and Johnson) -- ‎Chapter 27. From Awe to Audacity. Stratagems for Approaching Authorities Successfully: The Istanbul Egalkura Tablet A 373 (Stadhouders and Panayotov) -- ‎Chapter 28. BM 92518 and Old Babylonian Incantations for the "Belly" (Steinert and Vacín) -- ‎Chapter 29. Teeth and Toothache (Stol) -- ‎Chapter 30. Die Fliege und der Tod: Beschwörungen gegen Tiere (Thomsen) -- ‎Chapter 31. Ninmaḫ and Her Imperfect Creatures: The Bed Wetting Man and Remedies to Cure Enuresis (STT 238) (Verderame) -- ‎Chapter 32. "If His Chin Is Constantly Slack…": A New Text on the Verge between Physiognomic and Diagnostic Omens (Wagensonner) -- ‎Chapter 33. Five Birds, Twelve Rooms, and the Seleucid Game of Twenty Squares (Wee) -- ‎Chapter 34. BM 33055: A Late Babylonian Clay Tablet with Figures and Captions (Wiggermann) -- ‎Index of Divine Names -- ‎Index of Personal Names -- ‎Index of Geographical Names -- ‎Index of Texts
ISBN:9004368086