Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals - Liminality, Transformation and Separation

This book focuses on the element of thresholds - makeshift gates, makeshift structures and house doors - as concepts of liminality in ancient Near Eastern magical rituals and the idea of transformation they reflect, specifically concentrating on the geo-cultural spheres of Hatti and Mesopotamia.

List of contents

Introduction; Part 1: Hatti; Part 2: Mesopotamia; Part 3: Interpretation and Discussion; Conclusions.

About the author

Ilan Peled is a historian working at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Netherlands. He is the author of Masculinities and Third Gender (2016), Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East (2020), Magic in the Ancient Near East (2025), and the editor of Structures of Power (2017).

Product details

• Authors: Ilan Peled, Ilan (University of Amsterdam Peled
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041066323
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4106632-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Ritual in the Ancient Mediterranean
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; RELIGION / Spirituality, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt