Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Magic and Religion -- Overviews and Surveys -- Chapter 1 Mesopotamian Religion -- 1 The Basis of Mesopotamian Religiosity -- 2 The Mesopotamian Pantheon -- 3 Magical Cult (Cult of the Individual) -- 4 The Epic of Gilgamesh -- Chapter...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Harvard Semitic Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004435179 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 Magic and Religion -- Overviews and Surveys -- Chapter 1 Mesopotamian Religion -- 1 The Basis of Mesopotamian Religiosity -- 2 The Mesopotamian Pantheon -- 3 Magical Cult (Cult of the Individual) -- 4 The Epic of Gilgamesh -- Chapter 2 Magic in Mesopotamia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Earlier Approaches to Mesopotamian Magic -- 3 Conceptions of the Universe and of Its Powers -- 4 Magical Texts -- 5 Ceremonies -- 6 Evil -- Chapter 3 Sacrifice in Mesopotamia -- 1 Mesopotamian Sacrifice: A Description -- 2 Blood in Mesopotamia and West Asia: A Hypothesis -- Ghosts and Gods -- Chapter 4 Ghost and God: Some Observations on a Babylonian Understanding of Human Nature -- 1 Mythological Formulation -- 2 The Significance of Flesh as the Source of the Ghost -- 3 God, ṭēmu, and Personal God -- Chapter 5 Etemmu אטים -- 1 Name and Etymology -- 2 Character and History -- 3 Inside the Bible -- Chapter 6 Ištar -- 1 Name and Etymology -- 2 Character and History -- 3 Inside the Bible -- Chapter 7 Marduk -- 1 Name and Etymology -- 2 Character and History -- 3 Inside the Bible -- Talking to the Gods in Mesopotamia -- Chapter 8 Prayers and Incantations -- 1 Prayers -- 2 Incantations -- Chapter 9 The Promise to Praise the God in šuilla Prayers -- Chapter 10 The Form and Meaning of a Babylonian Prayer to Marduk -- 1 The Hymnic Introduction -- 2 The Marduk šuilla: A New Form -- 3 A Prayer for Success and the Conclusion of the šuilla -- Chapter 11 The Form and History of a Babylonian Prayer to Nabû -- Chapter 12 A Paean and Petition to a God of Death: Some Comments on a šuilla to Nergal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hymnic Introduction -- 3 Petitioner's Justification and Description of His Approach to the God -- 4 Description of the Petitioner's Difficulties -- 5 Petitioner's Supplication -- 6 Conclusions. |
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| ISBN: | 9004435182 |