Let's Talk Religion Demons in Ancient Mesopotamia
Oct 29, 2022
21:50
We continue this year's Shocktober with an exploration of demons and exorcism in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Sources/Recomended Reading:
- Abusch, I. Tzvi (2020). "Babylonian witchcraft literature: case studies". Brown Judaic Studies. Scholars Press, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Abusch, I. Tzvi (2020). "Mesopotamian Religion". In Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion, Vol. 65: 5-23. Brill.
- Abusch, Tzvi & Daniel Schwemer (ed.) (2011). "Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals". Brill.
- Bottéro, Jean (2004). "Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia". Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. University of Chicago Press.
- Johnston, Sarah Iles (ed.) (2004). "Religions of the Ancient World: a guide". The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- Konstantopoulos, Gina (2020). "Demons and exorcism in ancient Mesopotamia". Article. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
- Kotansky, Roy D. (2019). "Textual Amulets and Writing Traditions in the Ancient World". In "Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic" (edited by David Frankfurter). Brill.
- Van Buylaere, Greta; Mikko Luukko; Daniel Schwemer & Avigail Mertens-Wagschal (2018). "Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore". Brill.
- Van De Mieroop, Marc (2015). A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC. Wiley-Blackwell.
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