Zomer, Elyze
(ed.)
Heessel, Nils P.
(ed.)
Editorial: Brill
Colección: Ancient Magic and Divination ; 21
Número de páginas: págs.
Fecha de edición: 21-12-2023
EAN: 9789004687400
ISBN: 978-90-04-68740-0
Precio (sin IVA): 116,60 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 121,26 €
The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. This volume illuminates the strategies adopted to legitimise the practice of magic and analyses how these justifications are phrased and formulated in cuneiform texts, thereby revealing the underlying principles and unexplained axioms of using magic in the Ancient Near East.