We continue this year's Shocktober with an exploration of demons and exorcism in Ancient Mesopotamia.
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Abusch, I. Tzvi (2020). "Babylonian witchcraft literature: case studies". Brown Judaic Studies. Scholars Press, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abusch, I. Tzvi (2020). "Mesopotamian Religion". In Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion, Vol. 65: 5-23. Brill.

Abusch, Tzvi & Daniel Schwemer (ed.) (2011). "Corpus of Mesopotamian
Anti-Witchcraft Rituals". Brill.

Bottéro, Jean (2004). "Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia". Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. University of Chicago Press.

Johnston, Sarah Iles (ed.) (2004). "Religions of the Ancient World: a guide". The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Konstantopoulos, Gina (2020). "Demons and exorcism in ancient Mesopotamia". Article. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

Kotansky, Roy D. (2019). "Textual Amulets and Writing Traditions in the
Ancient World". In "Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic" (edited by David Frankfurter). Brill.

Van Buylaere, Greta; Mikko Luukko; Daniel Schwemer & Avigail Mertens-Wagschal (2018). "Sources of Evil: Studies in Mesopotamian Exorcistic Lore". Brill.

Van De Mieroop, Marc (2015). A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC. Wiley-Blackwell.

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