‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding Spell

‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding SpellAramaic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PK8GX2TY/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AnnaCherkashinaNikitaKuzin‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding Spellhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PK8GX2TYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PK8GX2TYhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PK8GX2TYAramaic Studies20:22022154-195This article examines a Syriac erotic binding spell, ‘Binding of a Husband’. We provide a text-critical edition of this spell based on three manuscripts and reconsider previous editions and translations. We also try to establish the aim of the text and its place in the Syriac magical tradition. For this purpose, the evidence from modern Syriac magic manuscripts as well as from other pieces of Syriac literature is addressed. In addition, we discuss possible parallels for ‘Binding of a Husband’ beyond Syriac literature. Cherkashina, Anna, and Nikita Kuzin. “‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding Spell.” Aramaic Studies 20:2 (2022): 154–95. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10037. Anna Cherkashina and Nikita Kuzin, ‘Binding of a Husband’: A Syriac Erotic Binding Spell, Aramaic Studies 20:2 (2022): 154–95, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/17455227-bja10037.NestoriansVII-XVIII CEXIX-XXI CEamuletslovemagicmarriagepopular religionprimary sources [Syriac] + English translationwomen