1st Edition
Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals Liminality, Transformation and Separation
Introduction; Part 1: Hatti; Chapter 1: Hittite Rituals Using Makeshift Gates in the Public Domain; Chapter 2: Hittite Rituals Using Makeshift Gates in the Private Domain; Chapter 3: Hittite Rituals Using Makeshift Structures in the Public Domain; Chapter 4: Hittite Rituals Using Makeshift Structures in the Private Domain; Chapter 5: Hittite Rituals Using the House Door; Part 2: Mesopotamia; Chapter 6: Mesopotamian Rituals Using Makeshift Structures in the Public Domain; Chapter 7: Mesopotamian Rituals Using Makeshift Structures in the Private Domain; Chapter 8: Mesopotamian Rituals Using Makeshift Gates in the Private Domain; Chapter 9: Mesopotamian Rituals Using the House Door; Part 3: Interpretation and Discussion; Conclusions.
Biography
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) and Magic in the Ancient Near East (2026), and the editor of Structures of Power (2017).
