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