Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Francesco Sironi - University of Milan - email
- Maurizio Viano - University of Turin - 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 Herodotus • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Epics • Cuneiform world • Scribalism • Episteme • Erra and Išum • Parody • Scientia • Hittites • Hesiod • Falsehood • Biblical studies • Epic poetry • Egyptian medicine • Wisdom literature • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Law • Greek medicine • Scribal school • Religious medicine • Morality tale • Philosophy • Cult Festivals • The Book of Qohele • Mesopotamian literature • Mesopotamia • Satire • The Epic of Gilgameš • Science • Myth • Gilgamesh • Magical medicine • Ashurbanipal • Audience • Female advisors • Performance • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Heritage • Proverbs • Dance • Hellenistic Uruk • Narrative irony • Poetry • Sophia • Wisdom • Sumerian proverbs • Homer • Rational medicine • Wisdom traditions • Greek literature • Truth • Tupšarrūtu • Epistemology • Periander • Kingship • Folktale • Scribal education • Royal legislation • Classical studies • Analogical reasoning • Polycrates • Scholarly text compilation • Tradition • Ancient Greek • Narrative Dances • Sumerian • Nēmequ • Jotham’s Fable • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Bull-Leaping • Astronomy • Assyriology • Ancient Greece • Babylonian literature • Babylonian Theodicy • Dialogue and debate • Near Eastern languages and cultures • The Babylonian Theodicy • Gorgo
Thema codes NHC • DSBB • 1FB • 3CG
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
Subseries Studi orientali e-ISSN 2610-9336 ISSN 2610-881X
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