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