Becoming Marduk: A New Look at a Commentary on Marduk’s Address to the Demons from Assur

The article deals with a commentary on the Akkadian composition Marduk’s Address to the Demons from the city of Assur. The first part of the article discusses the unique religious view found in Marduk’s Address and its commentary, in which the āšipu priest is identified with the god Marduk. The seco...

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Published in:Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Main Author: Gabbay, Uri 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Further subjects:B Commentary
B Possession
B Assur
B Ritual
B āšipu
B Marduk’s Address to the Demons
B Marduk
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Summary:The article deals with a commentary on the Akkadian composition Marduk’s Address to the Demons from the city of Assur. The first part of the article discusses the unique religious view found in Marduk’s Address and its commentary, in which the āšipu priest is identified with the god Marduk. The second part presents a new philological edition of the commentary.
ISSN:1569-2124
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15692124-12341330