Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
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abstract
The volume publishes the proceeding of the workshop Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond held at the University of Turin on 26-27 October 2022. The volume collects papers from Assyriologists, Classicists and Biblical scholars around the topic of wisdom. Scholars have investigated wisdom from various angles, from speculative thought to literature, from science, to dance, to proverbs.
Astronomy • Rational medicine • Egyptian medicine • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Babylonian Theodicy • Folktale • Morality tale • Religious medicine • Magical medicine • Science • Greek medicine • Bull-Leaping • Dialogue and debate • Nēmequ • Scribal education • Wisdom literature • Parody • Cuneiform world • Cult Festivals • Episteme • Scientia • Hittites • Sumerian • Dance • Erra and Išum • Narrative Dances • Babylonian literature • Royal legislation • Tupšarrūtu • Satire • Law • Scholarly text compilation