Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore

Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore
ISBN-10
9004373349
ISBN-13
9789004373341
Category
History
Pages
396
Language
English
Published
2018-05-03
Publisher
BRILL
Authors
Daniel Schwemer, Greta Van Buylaere, Mikko Luukko

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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