Banned and Branded: The Mesopotamian Background of Šamata
The verb √šmt and noun šamata, attested in the dialects of Eastern Aramaic in the Sasanian period, would seem at first to be synonymous with the Palestinian term nidui, ‘excommunication’. However, a closer examination reveals that šamata has a different semantic value. It is not simply conceived as...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
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Brill
2021
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Aramaic studies
Año: 2021, Volumen: 19, Número: 2, Páginas: 177-197 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Arameo
/ Siríaco
/ Shamata
/ Excomunión
/ Ban
/ Maldición
/ Violencia
/ Dios
/ Acádio
/ Templo
/ Devoción
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | CA Cristianismo HA Biblia |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Babylonian Talmud
B incantation bowls B Mesopotamia B oblates B Excommunication B Eastern Aramaic B Branding |
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| Sumario: | The verb √šmt and noun šamata, attested in the dialects of Eastern Aramaic in the Sasanian period, would seem at first to be synonymous with the Palestinian term nidui, ‘excommunication’. However, a closer examination reveals that šamata has a different semantic value. It is not simply conceived as a social sanction of excommunication but is understood as a curse involving divine violence; is closely associated with binding; and is often perceived as the property of powerful agents. In this article I argue that √šmt is derived from the Akkadian šamātu, ‘to mark’, ‘to brand’, especially in its more restricted sense ‘to brand temple slaves’ and ‘to dedicate a person to a deity’. Understanding the Mesopotamian roots of šamata might help us better explain its unique regional features, shared by the Aramaic speaking groups in the Sasanian Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10023 |