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 volume one of 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), and the forthcoming second volume of Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals, with D. Schwemer.