Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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a cura di
- 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 Nēmequ • Proverbs • Wisdom traditions • Cuneiform world • Myth • Epic poetry • Analogical reasoning • Kingship • Episteme • Mesopotamia • Scribal education • Egyptian medicine • Polycrates • Hellenistic Uruk • Religious medicine • Narrative irony • Performance • Rational medicine • Sumerian proverbs • Scribalism • Scientia • Heritage • Tradition • Bull-Leaping • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Royal legislation • Scribal school • Wisdom literature • The Epic of Gilgameš • Mesopotamian literature • Biblical studies • Hittites • Wisdom • Tupšarrūtu • Epics • Science • Morality tale • Philosophy • Jotham’s Fable • Audience • Gilgamesh • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Magical medicine • Homer • Herodotus • Epistemology • Ancient Greek • Cult Festivals • Female advisors • Narrative Dances • Classical studies • Erra and Išum • Astronomy • Greek medicine • Ashurbanipal • Periander • Ancient Greece • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Dance • Scholarly text compilation • Assyriology • Babylonian Theodicy • Babylonian literature • Sumerian • Parody • Truth • Satire • Near Eastern languages and cultures • The Book of Qohele • Hesiod • Folktale • Gorgo • Law • Falsehood • The Babylonian Theodicy • Poetry • Dialogue and debate • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Sophia • Greek literature
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
Sottoserie Studi orientali e-ISSN 2610-9336 ISSN 2610-881X
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