Cursed Are You! : : The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew Texts / / Anne Marie Kitz.

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 worl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (536 p.)
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