Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore
- ISBN-10
- 9004368337
- ISBN-13
- 9789004368330
- Category
- Assyro-Babylonian religion
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Authors
- Greta Van Buylaere, Mikko Luukko, Avigail Mertens-Wagschal
Description
Sources of Evil is a collection of thirteen essays on the knowledge employed by Mesopotamian healing experts to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil.
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