Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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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 Biblical studies • Analogical reasoning • Tupšarrūtu • Dance • Gorgo • Epics • Poetry • Mesopotamia • Science • Ashurbanipal • Mesopotamian literature • Egyptian medicine • Gilgamesh • Bull-Leaping • Episteme • Magical medicine • The Babylonian Theodicy • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Myth • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Herodotus • Narrative Dances • Hesiod • Proverbs • Morality tale • Wisdom • Law • Ancient Greek • Greek medicine • Babylonian Theodicy • Epistemology • Cult Festivals • Astronomy • Classical studies • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Heritage • Satire • Philosophy • Royal legislation • The Epic of Gilgameš • Cuneiform world • Sumerian • Periander • Tradition • Greek literature • Sumerian proverbs • Narrative irony • Female advisors • Performance • Kingship • Religious medicine • Epic poetry • Scribal education • Sophia • Rational medicine • Scribal school • Folktale • Truth • Wisdom traditions • Babylonian literature • Scholarly text compilation • Scribalism • Dialogue and debate • Nēmequ • The Book of Qohele • Ancient Greece • Parody • Falsehood • Scientia • Polycrates • Audience • Assyriology • Near Eastern languages and cultures • Wisdom literature • Erra and Išum • Hittites • Homer • Hellenistic Uruk • Jotham’s Fable • Babylonian Wisdom Literature
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