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245	0	0	_aLegitimising magic : _bstrategies and practices in Ancient Mesopotamia / _cedited by Nils P. Heessel, Elyze Zomer.
263			_a2312
260			_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c[2023]
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAncient magic and divination, _x1566-7952 ; _vvolume 21
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"As magic is a powerful means to influence the natural world and human beings, and is deeply connected to the divine sphere, persons using it are in constant need to justify its use. The ambivalence of magic to serve both well-wishing and ill-wishing aims puts the practitioners ever at risk. This volume illuminates the strategies adopted to legitimise the practice of magic and analyses how these justifications are phrased and formulated in cuneiform texts, thereby revealing the underlying principles and unexplained axioms of using magic in the Ancient Near East"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMagic, Assyro-Babylonian.
650		0	_aMagic _zIraq.
650		0	_aWitchcraft _zIraq.
650		4	_aDIVINATION _xHistory. _918136
700	1		_aHeessel, Nils P., _eeditor.
700	1		_aZomer, Elyze, _d1987- _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _tLegitimising magic _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] _z9789004687417 _w(DLC) 2023043324
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