Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore

by Avigail Mertens-Wagschal, Greta Van Buylaere, Mikko Luukko, et al.

Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore is a collection of thirteen essays on the body of knowledge employed by ancient Near Eastern healing experts, most prominently the 'exorcist' and the 'physician', to help patients who were suffering from misfortunes caused by divine anger, transgressions of taboos, demons, witches, or other sources of evil. The volume provides new insights into the two most important catalogues of Mesopotamian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004368337
• ISBN13: 9789004368330
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"