Antiquity Studies

Series | Antiquity Studies
Volume 36 | Edited book | Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond

Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond

open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Francesco Sironi - Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia - email
  • Maurizio Viano - Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia - email

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.

Keywords Sumerian proverbsScienceWisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean basTruthScholarly text compilationDialectics in Assyro-Babylonian textsDialogue and debateThe Babylonian TheodicyHomerAnalogical reasoningEpistemeThe Epic of GilgamešProverbsMesopotamiaWisdom literatureNēmequPoetryScribal schoolHellenistic JerusalemTupšarrūtuGorgoMythBiblical studiesMesopotamian literatureFolktaleEpistemologyFemale advisorsJotham’s FableCuneiform worldPerformanceSatireScribal educationAstronomyHesiodEgyptian medicineKingshipPerianderFalsehoodReligious medicineTraditionHittitesErra and IšumEpicsParodyNear Eastern languages and culturesClassical studiesCult FestivalsMagical medicinePhilosophyAudiencePolycratesThe Book of QoheleAssyriologyNarrative DancesEpic poetryAncient GreekBabylonian Wisdom LiteratureBabylonian TheodicyHeritageNarrative ironyScientiaRoyal legislationBull-LeapingAncient GreeceGreek medicineSumerianHellenistic UrukHerodotusGreek literatureLawMorality taleWisdom traditionsScribalismAshurbanipalGilgameshBabylonian literatureWisdomDanceRational medicineSophia

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-776-0 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-776-0 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-777-7 | Published July 9, 2024 | Language en

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