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 ProverbsCuneiform worldGreek medicineTraditionNēmequFolktaleAssyriologyThe Babylonian TheodicySophiaKingshipHomerScribal educationMesopotamian literatureSumerianPhilosophyWisdom traditionsGorgoTupšarrūtuReligious medicineEpistemologyEpic poetryMorality taleEgyptian medicineAstronomyMesopotamiaAncient GreeceCult FestivalsBabylonian literatureScienceScribalismEpicsScholarly text compilationNear Eastern languages and culturesDialectics in Assyro-Babylonian textsGilgameshGreek literatureHittitesLawFalsehoodNarrative DancesHellenistic JerusalemNarrative ironyAncient GreekWisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean basPoetryScribal schoolJotham’s FableRoyal legislationPolycratesBiblical studiesHesiodFemale advisorsScientiaHellenistic UrukPerianderMagical medicineSatireRational medicineThe Book of QoheleEpistemeDialogue and debateAshurbanipalAudienceDanceThe Epic of GilgamešAnalogical reasoningHeritageHerodotusErra and IšumMythSumerian proverbsBabylonian TheodicyBull-LeapingBabylonian Wisdom LiteratureWisdomParodyPerformanceTruthClassical studiesWisdom literature

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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