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