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UNINA9910463553703321 |
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Olmo Lete Gregorio del |
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Incantations and anti-witchcraft texts from Ugarit / / by Gregorio del Olmo Lete ; with a contribution by Ignacio Márquez Rowe |
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Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014] |
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1-61451-492-5 |
1-61451-903-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; ; volume 4 |
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Incantations, Ugaritic |
Witchcraft - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) |
Magic - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) |
Ritual - Syria - Ugarit (Extinct city) |
Ugaritic language |
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Ugarit (Extinct city) Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Front matter -- Prologue -- Contents -- Introduction: Magic and Witchcraft -- The Ugaritic Gods and Magic -- The Babylonian Incantation Texts from Ugarit / Rowe, Ignacio Márquez -- Dubious and Incorrectly Identified Ugaritic Incantation Texts -- KTU 1.82: A Miscellaneous Incantation/ Anti-Witchcraft Text against Snakebite -- KTU 1.96: An Incantation against the "Evil Eye" -- KTU 1.96 Once Again -- KTU 1.107: A Compendium of Incantations against Snakebite -- KTU 1.169: A Compendium of Incantations against Word Sorcery -- KTU 1.178: An Incantation against Snakebite for Personal Use -- KTU 1.100: The Prototype Canonical Incantation Text -- Conclusion: ỉl and ḥrn: Divine Power versus Magic -- Bibliography -- Indices -- Handcopies -- Plates |
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Ugaritic literary and ritual studies have often neglected or even ignored the Akkadian material from the same archives, which can be used as a |
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frame of reference for the Ugaritic texts. The aim of this work is to offer a comprehensive study of the consonantal (Ugaritic) as well as the syllabic (Akkadian) incantation and anti-witchcraft texts from Ras Shamra as a unified corpus. These texts, dealing with impending dangers (mainly snakebites) and witchcraft attacks, are placed in the context of Ancient Near Eastern magic literature. A discussion of general topics, including magic and religion, the Ugaritic gods of magic, and the definition of incantation, is followed by a new collation and translation of the Akkadian texts, as well as new photographic material for both series. The main focus of this book is the close reading of the consonantal texts in the context of the much larger and better analyzed corpus of Akkadian magic literature. |
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UNINA9910457360103321 |
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Autore |
Bruneau Thomas C |
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Patriots for profit [[electronic resource] ] : contractors and the military in U.S. national security / / Thomas C. Bruneau |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011 |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Private military companies - United States |
Civil-military relations - United States |
National security - United States |
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United States Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Problems with how we think about U.S. civil-military relations -- A comparative approach to the analysis of civil-military relations -- The institutions of U.S. civil-military relations -- Defense reform: institutional and political impediments to effectiveness -- The scale and politics of contracting out security -- An assessment of the |
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performance of private security contractors. |
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This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost. The approach is applied to the United States using official documents and interviews with policy-makers. In addition to analyzing the impact of defense reform initiatives over the past thirty years, the book includes the recent phenomenon of ""contracting-out"" security that has resulted in greater numbers of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan than uniformed military personnel. <BR |
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