Burn the Witch! A Comparison between the Portrayal of Sorceress Babylon in Isaiah 47 and the Figure of the Witch in Maqlû
| العنوان: | Burn the Witch! A Comparison between the Portrayal of Sorceress Babylon in Isaiah 47 and the Figure of the Witch in Maqlû |
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| المؤلفون: | Alinda Damsma |
| المصدر: | Vetus Testamentum. :1-27 |
| بيانات النشر: | Brill, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Literature, Linguistics and Language, History, Biblical studies, Literature and Literary Theory, biology, business.industry, Jewish studies, media_common.quotation_subject, Religious studies, Witch, Art, biology.organism_classification, Language and Linguistics, business, Hebrew Bible, media_common |
| الوصف: | In chapter 47 of the Book of Isaiah the fall of Babylon is described in metaphorical language: the arrogant queen Babylon is condemned for having practiced witchcraft since her youth. The evil which she inflicted on her victims will befall herself, and her downfall will be swift and without warning. Her dire fate follows that of her fellow sorcerers, who have perished in fire and flames. This article compares the portrayal of Babylon and her demise in Isa 47 with the Mesopotamian anti-witchcraft series Maqlû and discusses the shared terminology and the striking similarity of themes, such as the indictment of the witch, the gender-stereotype, the reversal of fate, and the condemnation to death by burning. The thematic, and sometimes lexical, overlap may indicate that Deutero-Isaiah incorporated Mesopotamian ideas about (counter-)witchcraft in his own composition, being exposed to local magico-religious thought whilst maintaining a critical stance towards it. |
| تدمد: | 1568-5330 0042-4935 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::bc83beb628fbcd66c2470d9eca675bca https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-bja10063 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........bc83beb628fbcd66c2470d9eca675bca |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15685330 00424935 |
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