Forestalling Doom
Subtitle: "Apotropaic Intercession" in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
By: Marian W. Broida
Series: Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- v. 417; Alter Orient und Altes Testament -- 417.
Publisher: Ugarit- Verl.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Münster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9783868351101
Subjects: Religion; Bible; Judaism; Hitties; Magic; Criticism, interpretation; Nambudiris
Notes: "Modestly revised" from author's dissertation, Emory University, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Introduction; title: Chapter 2. Apotropaic Intercession in Mesopotamia; title: Chapter 3. Apotrpaic Intercession in Anatloia; title: Chapter 4. Apotropaic Intercession in the Hebrew Bible; title: Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusions; title: Bibliography; title: Scripture Index; title: Ancient Literature Index; title: Subject Index.