Series |
Antiquity Studies
Volume 36 | Edited book | Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
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 Proverbs • Cuneiform world • Greek medicine • Tradition • Nēmequ • Folktale • Assyriology • The Babylonian Theodicy • Sophia • Kingship • Homer • Scribal education • Mesopotamian literature • Sumerian • Philosophy • Wisdom traditions • Gorgo • Tupšarrūtu • Religious medicine • Epistemology • Epic poetry • Morality tale • Egyptian medicine • Astronomy • Mesopotamia • Ancient Greece • Cult Festivals • Babylonian literature • Science • Scribalism • Epics • Scholarly text compilation • Near Eastern languages and cultures • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Gilgamesh • Greek literature • Hittites • Law • Falsehood • Narrative Dances • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Narrative irony • Ancient Greek • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Poetry • Scribal school • Jotham’s Fable • Royal legislation • Polycrates • Biblical studies • Hesiod • Female advisors • Scientia • Hellenistic Uruk • Periander • Magical medicine • Satire • Rational medicine • The Book of Qohele • Episteme • Dialogue and debate • Ashurbanipal • Audience • Dance • The Epic of Gilgameš • Analogical reasoning • Heritage • Herodotus • Erra and Išum • Myth • Sumerian proverbs • Babylonian Theodicy • Bull-Leaping • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Wisdom • Parody • Performance • Truth • Classical studies • Wisdom literature
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