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Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond

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open access | peer reviewed
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  • 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 Babylonian Wisdom LiteratureFemale advisorsWisdomMagical medicineClassical studiesAnalogical reasoningProverbsLawAshurbanipalScribalismBull-LeapingMythTruthAstronomyRoyal legislationReligious medicineNēmequParodyHerodotusMesopotamian literatureDanceScholarly text compilationThe Epic of GilgamešScientiaSumerian proverbsTupšarrūtuSumerianFalsehoodHeritageBabylonian literatureEgyptian medicineSatireEpicsEpic poetryKingshipAudienceAncient GreekCult FestivalsHomerMesopotamiaFolktaleHellenistic JerusalemHesiodDialectics in Assyro-Babylonian textsScribal schoolBiblical studiesTraditionGreek medicineNarrative ironyPhilosophyCuneiform worldScribal educationGilgameshPoetryEpistemeSciencePerianderThe Babylonian TheodicyPolycratesAssyriologyNear Eastern languages and culturesWisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean basEpistemologyThe Book of QoheleGreek literaturePerformanceGorgoAncient GreeceMorality taleBabylonian TheodicySophiaWisdom literatureNarrative DancesRational medicineJotham’s FableDialogue and debateErra and IšumHellenistic UrukWisdom traditionsHittites

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 | Pubblicato 09 Luglio 2024 | Lingua en