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