02557nam a2200325 a 4500 20260119070702.0 2022-07-05 11:47:46 9781575062716 1 0 eng 133.44 A613-K62 Kitz, Anne Marie Author Cursed Are You! The phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts Anne Marie Kitz U.S.A Eisenbrauns 2014 528tr. Hardcover 23cm This is a book about curses. It is not about curses as insults or offensive language but curses as petitions to the divine world to render judgment and execute harm on identified, hostile forces. In the ancient world, curses functioned in a way markedly different from our own, and it is into the world of the ancient Near East that we must go to appreciate the scope of their influence. For the ancient Near Easterners, curses had authentic meaning. Curses were part of their life and religion. They were not inherently magic or features of superstitions, nor were they mere curiosities or trifling antidotes. They were real and effective. They were employed proactively and reactively to manage life's many vicissitudes and maintain social harmony. They were principally protective, but they were also the cause of misfortune, illness, depression, and anything else that undermined a comfortable, well-balanced life. Every member of society used them, from slave to king, from young to old, from men and women to the deities themselves. They crossed cultural lines and required little or no explanation, for curses were the source of great evil. In other words, curses were universal. Because curses were woven into the very fabric of every known ancient Near Eastern society, they emerge frequently and in a wide variety of venues. They appear on public and private display objects, on tomb stelae, tomb lintels, sarcophagi, and ancient susurrus and narûs. They are used in political, administrative, social, religious, and familial contexts. They are the subject of incantations. They are tools that exorcise demons and dispel disease Bible -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Blessing and cursing -- Middle East -- History Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/7/5/_132315313_140.jpg Cover Image Phạm Nguyễn Hồng Như 8460 8460 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-8460 0.00 BK