Comments on: AJS 2009 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/21/ajs-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ajs-2009 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/21/ajs-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2539 Menachem Mendel Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:09:52 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2113#comment-2539 I have read Gaster's article. Theodore Gaster has a very interesting article, “A Canaanite Magical Text.” Orientalia 11 N.S. (1942): 41-79. I didn't have time to address the whole question of the relationship between Lamaštu and similar themes found in Greek mythology. Walter Burkett in his <i>The Orientalizing Revolution</i> argues for a Near Eastern influence while others don't believe that one must look East for such themes. I have read Gaster’s article. Theodore Gaster has a very interesting article, “A Canaanite Magical Text.” Orientalia 11 N.S. (1942): 41-79. I didn’t have time to address the whole question of the relationship between Lamaštu and similar themes found in Greek mythology. Walter Burkett in his The Orientalizing Revolution argues for a Near Eastern influence while others don’t believe that one must look East for such themes.

]]> By: tk http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/21/ajs-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2538 tk Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:09:36 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2113#comment-2538 I am sure you have seen "Two Thousand Years of a Charm against the Child-Stealing Witch Author(s): M. Gaster Source: Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jun., 1900), pp. 129-162" he argues for a slavic origin but i think your idea is more plausible. I am sure you have seen “Two Thousand Years of a Charm against the Child-Stealing Witch
Author(s): M. Gaster
Source: Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jun., 1900), pp. 129-162″
he argues for a slavic origin but i think your idea is more plausible.

]]> By: Danielle http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/21/ajs-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Danielle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:44 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2113#comment-2536 So sad that I wasn't there to hear your paper, thanks for sharing it here and I look forward to reading it! Hope you have a safe trip back. -Danielle So sad that I wasn’t there to hear your paper, thanks for sharing it here and I look forward to reading it! Hope you have a safe trip back.

-Danielle

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