Tzvi Abusch

Title

Rose B. and Joseph Cohen Professor of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Expertise

Languages and cultures of Ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Near Eastern religions.

Degrees

Harvard University, Ph.D.

Brandeis University, M.A.

Yeshiva University, B.A.

Yeshiva University, B.R.E.

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Contact

Email:	abusch@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2969
Office:	Lown, 313

Awards and Honors

Research Associate, Harvard University, Semitic Museum (2007)

Member, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2006)

Research Associate, Harvard University, Semitic Museum (2006)

Senior Fellow, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel (2006)

Senior Kreitman Foundation Visiting Fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (2006)

Research Associate, Semitic Museum, Harvard University (2005)

Senior Fellow, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem (2005)

Lady Davis Professor, Hebrew University (2004)

NEH Fellow, Albright Institute, Jerusalem (2004)

Member, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton (2003)

Annenberg Research Institute Fellowship (1992 - 1993)

Fulbright Senior Scholarship Grant (United Kingdom) (1992 - 1993)

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992 - 1993)

Forschheimer Visiting Professorship, Hebrew University (1989 - 1990)

National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1989)

Rose B. & Joseph Cohen Chair in Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion (1989)

National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship (1976 - 1977)

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (1973)

Fulbright Scholarship (Israel) (1964 - 1965)

Courses Taught

NEJS	101a	Elementary Akkadian
NEJS	101b	Intermediate Akkadian
NEJS	110b	The Hebrew Bible: Meaning and Context
NEJS	112a	The Book of Genesis
NEJS	116a	Ancient Near Eastern Religion and Mythology
NEJS	122a	Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East
NEJS	200a	Akkadian Literary Texts I
NEJS	200b	Akkadian Literary Texts II
NEJS	202a	Akkadian Mythological/Religious Texts I
NEJS	202b	Akkadian Mythological/Religious Texts II
USEM	9a	The Wandering Hero in Ancient Literature

Scholarship

Abusch, I. Tzvi (with Daniel Schwemer). "The Chicago Maqlû Fragment (A 7876)." Iraq (2009). (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi (with Daniel Schwemer). "Das Abwehrzauberritual Maqlû ('Verbrennung')." Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments, Neue Folge. vol. 4 Ed. Bernd Janowski und Gernot Wilhelm. Guetersloh: Guetersloher Verlagshaus, 2008 (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi (with Daniel Schwemer). "RIAA 312 (O 193) Revisited.." Akkadica (2008). (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Hunting in the Epic of Gilgamesh: Speculations on the Education of a Prince." Festschrift Israel Ephal. Ed. M. Cogan and D. Kahn. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2008 (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Maqlû III 1-30: Internal Analysis and Manuscript Evidence for the Revision of an Incantation." Studia Orientalia (2008). (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "The Development and Meaning of the Epic of Gilgamesh: An Interpretive Essay." Journal of the American Oriental Society 121. (2001): 614-622. Poetry Criticism. vol. 87, 2008. (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Witchcraft, Omens, and Voodoo-death in Ancient Mesopotamia." M. Stol Festschrift, Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society. Ed. R. J. van der Spek and F. Wiggermann. Bathesda: CDL, 2008 (forthcoming)

Abusch, I. Tzvi, Associate Editor, ed. Ancient Religions. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press: Belknap Press, 2007.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Biblical Accounts of Prehistory: Their Meaning and Formation." Bringing the Hidden to Light: The Process of Interpretation. Studies in Honor of Stephen A. Geller. Ed. K. Kravitz and D. M. Sharon. Winona lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns/JTS, 2007. 1-17.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Notes on Two Passages in the Biblical Account of Prehistory." Studies in Hebrew and Arabic in Honor of Raymond P. Scheindlin. Ed. J. Decter and M. Rand. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2007. 1-5..

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Witchcraft Literature in Mesopotamia." Babylonian World. Ed. G. Leick. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. 373-385.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Witchcraft, Impotence, and Indigestion." Disease in Babylonia. Ed. I. L. Finkel and M. J. Geller. Leiden: Brill, 2007. 146-159.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Zum Geleit." D. Schwemer, Abwehrzauber und Behexung. Studien zum Schadenzauberglauben im alten Mesopotamien (Unter Benutzung von Tzvi Abuschs Kritischem Katalog und Sammlungen im Rahmen des Kooperationsprojektes Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007. xiii-xvi.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. D. Schwemer, Abwehrzauber und Behexung. Studien zum Schadenzauberglauben im alten Mesopotamien (Unter Benutzung von Tzvi Abuschs Kritischem Katalog und Sammlungen im Rahmen des Kooperationsprojektes Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag,, 2007.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. ""Lists of Therapeutic "Lists of Therapeutic Plants: An Observation,"." If a Man Builds a Joyful House: Assyriological Studies in Honor of Erle Verdun Leichty. Ed. A. K. Guinan, et al.. Leiden: Brill, 2006. 1-3.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. "Considerations When Killing a Witch: Development in Exorcistic Attitudes to Witchcraft." The Dynamics of Changing Rituals: The Transformation of Religions Rituals within Thier Social and Cultural Context. Ed. J. Kreinath et al., 2006

Abusch,I. Tzvi, Associate Editor. Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Harvard University Press: Belknap Press (HUP Reference Library), 2006.

Abusch,I. Tzvi. "Illness and Healing in Ancient Mesopotamia." Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Harvard University Press: Belknap Press, 2006

Abusch,I. Tzvi. "Mesopotamian Prayers and Incantations." Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Harvard Unviersity Press, 2006

Abusch,I. Tzvi. "The Courtesan, The Wild Man and The Hunter: Studies in the Literary History of the Epic of Gilgamesh." An Experienced Scribe Who Neglects Nothing. Ed. Yitschak Sefati., 2006. 413-433.

Abusch,I. Tzvi. "The Promise to Praise the God in Shuilla Prayers." Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran. Ed. Augustinus Gianto, Biblica et Orientalia., 2006. 1-10.

Abusch,I. Tzvi. For manuscripts accepted for publicatio. 2006.

Abusch, I. Tzvi. Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Towards a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature. Leiden: Brill/Styx, 2002.

Abusch,I. Tzvi. Mesopotamian Witchcraft Riches Hidden in Secret Places: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen. 2002.

Abusch,I. Tzvi. Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical, and Interpretive Perspectives. Groningen: Styx, 1999.

Abusch,I. Tzvi, co-ed. John Huehnergard & Pietr Steinkeller. Lingering Over Words: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Literature in Honor of William L. Moran. Harvard Semitic Studies, 1990.

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