Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Tzvi Abusch

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

Degrees

• Harvard University, PhD

• Brandeis University, MA

• Yeshiva University, BA

• Yeshiva University, BRE

Profile

Tzvi Abusch's primary fields of research and publication are Mesopotamian religion, magic, literature, and thought, as well as biblical and Babylonian interconnections. His most recent course was a graduate seminar on Mesopotamian Religion, Magic, and Thought, and he regularly teaches advanced courses on Akkadian Mythological and Religious Texts.

Selected Publications

His latest publications include:

• Vol. 1, "Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals" with D. Schwemer

• Forthcoming Vol. 2, Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals, with D. Schwemer.

• "The Witchcraft Series Maqlû (Writings from the Ancient World Series)"

• "The Magical Ceremony Maqlû" (Brill, 2016)

• "Essays on Babylonian and Biblical Literature and Religion"