I. Tzvi Abusch, Ph.D. (1972), Harvard University, is Cohen Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Religion at Brandeis University. His primary fields of publication are Mesopotamian religion and literature. A number of his studies on Babylonian witchcraft are collected in Mesopotamian Witchcraft (Brill, 2002) and Further Studies on Mesopotamian Witchcraft Beliefs (Brill, 2020). He is author of The Magical Ceremony Maqlû A Critical Edition (Brill, 2016) and co-author of Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Brill, 2011-2020).