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Bible, Akkadian Cuneiform inscriptions, Blessing and cursing, Phenomenology, Criticism, interpretation, Oude Testament, Akkadian language, Semantics, Vervloekingen, Akkadisch, Hebrew language, Historical Sematics, History, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t., Historical Semantics, Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Blessing and cursing -- Middle East -- History, Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian, Akkadian language -- Semantics, Hebrew language -- Semantics, HistoricalPlaces
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Cursed Are You!: The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew Texts
2014, Eisenbrauns, Incorporated
in English
1575068745 9781575068749
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Cursed are you!: the phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts
2014, Eisenbrauns
in English
1575062712 9781575062716
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Curse in the ancient Near East
Part 1. The operation of curses. Recent scholarly approaches to curses
Vows, oaths, and curses
The types of curses
Conditional cursing
The effectiveness of maledictions by the deities
The productivity of curses by human beings
Executioner deities, hypostatization, and the agents of curses
Part 2. Cursing and society. The purpose of curses
The process behind curses
Barriers, boundaries, and written display curses
Of nets and arms and webs of words : drawing circules and twisting cords
Of nets and arms and webs of words : weapons and other images
Curse management
Curse practitioners : the lay curser
Curse practitioners : the professionals
Curse practitioners : antagonistic semi-professionals
Curse-acts.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-509) and index.
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