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Mesopotamian religion -- Magic in Mesopotamia -- Sacrifice in Mesopotamia -- Ghost and god: some observations on a Babylonian understanding of human -- Etemmu -- Ištar -- Marduk -- Prayers, hymns, and incantations: Mesopotamia -- The promise to praise the god in šuilla prayers -- The form and meaning of a Babylonian prayer to Marduk -- The form and history of a Babylonian prayer to Nabû -- A paean and petition to a god of death: some comments on a šuilla to Nergal -- The reconciliation of angry personal gods: a revision of the šuillas -- Two versions of a šuilla to Gula -- Fortune and misfortune of the individual: some observations on the sufferer's plaint in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi II 12-32 -- Kingship in ancient Mesopotamia: the case of Enūma eliš -- Some observations on the Babylon section of Enūma eliš -- Biblical accounts of prehistory: their meaning and formation -- Two passages in the biblical account of prehistory -- Jonah and God: plants, beasts, and humans in the book of Jonah (an essay in interpretation) -- Alaktu and Halakhah: oracular decision, divine revelation -- Blood in Israel and Mesopotamia -- Cultures in contact: ancient Near Eastern and Jewish magic -- A shepherd's bulla and an owner's receipt: a pair of matching texts in the Harvard Semitic Museum -- "He should continue to bear the penalty of that case": some observations on Codex Ḫammurabi [double section symbol]3-4 and [section symbol]13.