Mark Geller
University College London, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Faculty Member
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Tablet fragments (for the copy see Plate 1-6): A = YBC 7123 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9a) B = A 7821 C = YBC 7146 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9b) D = YBC 7126 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9c) E = YBC 7139 (Beckman and Foster 1988:... more
Tablet fragments (for the copy see Plate 1-6): A = YBC 7123 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9a) B = A 7821 C = YBC 7146 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9b) D = YBC 7126 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9c) E = YBC 7139 (Beckman and Foster 1988: No. 9d)
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Research Interests: Sumerian Religion, Near Eastern Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, Assyriology, Magic, and 84 moreAkkadian Language, Magical Realism, Ancient Near East, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Sumerian, Akkadian, Witchcraft, Religion and Magic, Assyria, Babylon, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Akkadian, Sumerian, Egyptian, Sumerian & Akkadian literature, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Old Babylonian period, Assyrian archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Sumerology, Sumerian History, Cuneiform, 3rd Millennium Sumerian Religious Concepts, Assyrian Empire, Middle Babylonian period, Akkadian (Languages And Linguistics) (Languages And Linguistics), Neo-Assyrian studies, Assyrian Studies, Ancient Near Eastern History, Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, Cuneiform, History and Archaeology of Assyria, Sumerian Language, Sumerian Incantation Literature, Ancient Near Eastern Economy, Ancient magic, Neo-Babylonian period, Hellenistic Babylonia, CUNEIFORM STUDIES, Fatalism, Assyrian art, Near East, Babylonian Wisdom Literature, Akkadian Literature, History of Religious Concepts, Femme Fatale, Old Assyrian Karu/Colony Period in Anatolia, Middle Assyrian period, Ancient Near Eastern Religions, Sumer, Female, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Folk magic, Peripheral Akkadian, Neo Babylonian Empire, Babylonian talmud, Cuneiform Law, Akkadian Cuneiform, Gothic, female Gothic, Gothic in literature, the Gothic as a subculture, the fantastic, horror, the vampire figure in literature and film, the femme fatale, feminist readings of vampire narratives, Fatal Fire Scene and Skeletal Alteration, Cuneiform Archives, Assyriology Sumerology Akkadian Sumerian Sumerian & Akkadian literature Sumerian Religion Mesopotamia History Ancient Mesopotamian Religions Cuneiform Ancient Near East Ancient Near Estern Languages Religious Studies, Incantations, Incantation literature, Rabbinical literature (The Mishnah, Babylonian and Palestinian Talmudim, aggadic midrashim), Incantation, Middle Assyrian, Beschwörungen, Babylonian Astronomy, Ancient Near Eastern Glyptic, Trade between Sumer/Akkad and the Indus Valley in the mid 3rd millennium to mid 2nd millennium., Middle Assyrian administration, Akkad, The History of the Middle-Assyrian Kingdom / David Kertai, Cuneiform paleography, Akkadian Empire, Middle Assyrian documents, administration, Akkadian Literature, Sumerian, Sumerian & Akkadian literature, Ancient Near Eastern Languages, Ancient Near Eastern History, and Cuneiform, History and Archaeology of Assyria,Harappan Culture, Babylonian priesthood, Femme Fatale in Art, Akkadian and Sumerian literature, Femme Fatale Film Noir, Aramaic Incantation Bowls, Babylonian Incantation Bowls, Neo Assyrians, Magic Incantations. Classical Greece, Composite Bow In Sumer and Akkad, and Religious and Magical Practices
The BAB-MED Project of Bar-Ilan University & the FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN INVITE THE PUBLIC: Medical Knowledge from Ancient Babylonia to Talmudic Babylonia SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015 THE SCHECHTER INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES, 4... more
The BAB-MED Project of
Bar-Ilan University & the FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
INVITE THE PUBLIC:
Medical Knowledge from Ancient Babylonia to Talmudic Babylonia
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015
THE SCHECHTER INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES,
4 AVRAHAM GRANOT ST., JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Program
14:15 registration
14:30 opening remarks
Mark Geller (Freie Universität Berlin)
Shamma Friedman (The Jewish Theological Seminary, Bar-Ilan University)
15:00 First Session
Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University)
Aramaic Manuals of Divination from Late Antiquity
Tanja Hidde (Freie Universität Berlin)
Bulmos/Boulímos in the Talmudic Tradition
16:20 Break/ refreshments
16:40 Second Session
Mark Geller (Freie Universität Berlin)
Goodbye Julius Preuss: Unexpected Instances of Medicine in the Bavli
Aaron Amit (Bar-Ilan University)
An Obscure Disease and a Dubious Cure: The Case of סוסכינתא in Bavli Yebamot 64b
18:00 closing remarks
Bar-Ilan University & the FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
INVITE THE PUBLIC:
Medical Knowledge from Ancient Babylonia to Talmudic Babylonia
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2015
THE SCHECHTER INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES,
4 AVRAHAM GRANOT ST., JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Program
14:15 registration
14:30 opening remarks
Mark Geller (Freie Universität Berlin)
Shamma Friedman (The Jewish Theological Seminary, Bar-Ilan University)
15:00 First Session
Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University)
Aramaic Manuals of Divination from Late Antiquity
Tanja Hidde (Freie Universität Berlin)
Bulmos/Boulímos in the Talmudic Tradition
16:20 Break/ refreshments
16:40 Second Session
Mark Geller (Freie Universität Berlin)
Goodbye Julius Preuss: Unexpected Instances of Medicine in the Bavli
Aaron Amit (Bar-Ilan University)
An Obscure Disease and a Dubious Cure: The Case of סוסכינתא in Bavli Yebamot 64b
18:00 closing remarks
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Research Interests: Ancient History, Classics, Greek Literature, Jewish Studies, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, and 16 moreHebrew Language, History of Medicine, History of Science, Talmud, Philosophy of Medicine, Byzantine Studies, Rabbinics, Syriac Studies, Rabbinic Literature, Ancient Medicine, Medicine, Herbal Medicine, Byzantine Medicine, The History of Ancient and Medieval Pharmacy/materia Medica, Ancient Greek Medicine, and Ancient Greek Science and Philosophy
Co-authored with Markham J. Geller, Fermenting Vat, Childbirth and Dreckapotheke: A School Incantatory-Medical Tablet, in David Kertai, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse (eds.): From the Four Corners of the Earth: Studies in ... Honour of F. A. M. Wiggermann, AOAT 441, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2017, pp. 83-94.more
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As in the first volume of the ‘Between the Worlds’ series, this collection includes chronologically, geographically and thematically diverse topics concerning the phenomena of magic, wonders, and mysticism, and are reflecting the... more
As in the first volume of the ‘Between the Worlds’ series, this collection includes chronologically, geographically and thematically diverse topics concerning the phenomena of magic, wonders, and mysticism, and are reflecting the different scholarly backgrounds of our authors. The new e-collection ‘Between the Worlds: Magic, Miracles, and Mysticism’ presents a variety of viewpoints and analytical perspectives related to magical and mystical perceptions, experiences, views, beliefs, and practices in different historical periods – from Antiquity and the Middle Ages, to Modernity and the contemporary globalised world. The articles are focused on the individual and communal magical rituals, the wonders of nature, sacred places, icons, and cultural monuments, which continue to gather many believers each year in different parts of the world. The analysed magical and mystical practices testify to the fact that people still want to know the unknown and touch what cannot be seen. Thus, the created contact spaces between humans and supernatural forces bring different social and cultural aspects to the fore and in this way directly influence the identification strategies of the communities. As a result, magical and mystical perceptions, experiences, views, beliefs, and practices are becoming more visible today.