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