LEADER 03412nam 2200637 450 001 9910790410703321 005 20200903223051.0 010 $a90-04-25726-8 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004257269 035 $a(CKB)2550000001114394 035 $a(EBL)1367833 035 $a(OCoLC)857713202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983296 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11985305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983296 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11010910 035 $a(PQKB)10619864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1367833 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004257269 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1367833 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10757086 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL514246 035 $a(PPN)178890480 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001114394 100 $a20130618d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJewish Aramaic curse texts from late-antique Mesopotamia $emay these curses go out and flee /$fby Dan Levene 210 1$aLeiden :$cBrill,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 225 0 $aMagical and religious literature of late antiquity,$x2211-016X ;$vvolume 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-25092-1 311 $a1-299-82995-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Introduction -- Bowls Newly Edited -- Bowls that Have Already been Published -- Synopses -- Glossaries -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe corpus of Aramaic incantation bowls from Sasanian Mesopotamia is perhaps the most important source we have for studying the everyday beliefs and practices of the Jewish, Christian, Mandaean, Manichaean, Zoroastrian and Pagan communities on the eve of the Islamic conquests. In Jewish Aramaic Curse Texts from Late-Antique Mesopotamia , Dan Levene collects and analyses a selection of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls. While such texts are usually apotropaic or healing in purpose, those collected here are distinctive in that their purpose was to curse or return curses against human adversaries. This book presents new editions of thirty texts, of which fourteen are edited here for the first time, with an introduction, commentary, analysis and glossaries, as well as photographs. ?In this valuable addition to the literature on the role of bowls with aggressive texts in magic practices in this period, Levene (Jewish history and culture, U. of Southampton, UK) presents a summary of newly edited and already published bowls with Aramaic transcription; English translation; its type (e.g., invocation of demons to attack a named person, counter-charm); publication source; formulaic parallels in other texts; and notes.\' Reference andamp; Research Book News, 2013. 410 0$aMagical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity$v2. 606 $aIncantations, Aramaic 606 $aIncantation bowls 606 $aJewish magic$xHistory 615 0$aIncantations, Aramaic. 615 0$aIncantation bowls. 615 0$aJewish magic$xHistory. 676 $a133.4/4089924035 700 $aLevene$b Dan$4aut$01468828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790410703321 996 $aJewish Aramaic curse texts from late-antique Mesopotamia$93680177 997 $aUNINA