The Image of Mesopotamian Divine Healers : Healing Goddesses and the Legitimization of Professional asûs in the Mesopotamian Medical Marketplace /

The Image of Mesopotamian Divine Healers : Healing Goddesses and the Legitimization of Professional asûs in the Mesopotamian Medical Marketplace /

"This volume exposes one of the world's oldest medical marketplaces and the emergence of medical professionalization within it. Through an unprecedented analysis of the Mesopotamian healing goddesses as well as asûs, a diverse group of "healers", Irene Sibbing-Plantholt demonstra...

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Main Author: Sibbing-Plantholt, Irene (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Cuneiform Monographs ; 53.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2022.

Subjects:

Gula > (Assyro-Babylonian deity) > Cult.
Assyro-Babylonian cults.
Goddesses in literature.
Goddesses, Assyro-Babylonian.
Healers in literature.
Healers > Iraq > History.
Healing gods.
Healing in literature.
Healing > Iraq > History.
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.

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Call Number: R135.3

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Table of Contents:
  • Newly understanding healing goddesses and asûs : theory and methods
  • The origins of the healing goddess Gula
  • Gula in the 2nd and 1st millennia B.C.E.
  • Gula compared to other healing goddesses
  • An overview of the Mesopotamian medical marketplace
  • Rethinking the term "asû"
  • Legitimization as a response to competition and the demands of clientele
  • The process of Gula becoming the divine legitimization of professional asûs
  • Conclusion and suggestions for future research.