Cursed are you! : the phenomenology of cursing in cuneiform and Hebrew texts / by 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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Main Author: Kitz, Anne Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2013.
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