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Pages: 736
Authors: Markham J. Geller
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-14 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed again
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Language: en
Pages: 352
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Categories: Foreign Language Study
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Everyone knows that all the ills of life, from headaches to athlete's foot and from minor annoyances (like a broken shoelace) to major catastrophes (like a fall
Psalm 91 and Demonic Menace
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Authors: Gerrit C. Vreugdenhil
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-13 - Publisher: BRILL

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In Psalm 91 and Demonic Menace Gerrit Vreugdenhil offers a thorough analysis of Psalm 91, a text that already in its earliest interpretations has been associate
Harlot or Holy Woman?
Language: en
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Harlot or Holy Woman? presents an exhaustive study of qedešah, a Hebrew word meaning “consecrated woman” but rendered “prostitute” or “sacred prostit
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
Language: en
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Authors: David Frankfurter
Categories: History
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In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide to the