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Cursed are you!

the phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts

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An edition of Cursed are you! (2014)

Cursed are you!

the phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts

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xi, 528 pages : 24 cm

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Eisenbrauns
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English
Pages
528

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Cursed Are You!: The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew Texts
2014, Eisenbrauns, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Cursed are you!
Cursed are you!: the phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts
2014, Eisenbrauns
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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.

Published in
Winona Lake, Indiana

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
133.4/4
Library of Congress
PJ3193 .K57 2014,

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 528 pages
Number of pages
528

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28391785M
Internet Archive
cursedareyouphen0000kitz
ISBN 10
1575062712
ISBN 13
9781575062716
LCCN
2013035854
OCLC/WorldCat
857717814

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