From Dialogue to Debate

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19401
dc.contributor.author	Ponchia Simonetta
dc.title	From Dialogue to Debate. Argumentative and Epic Discourse in Mesopotamian Literature Between II and I Millennium BCE
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Dialogical structures in the wisdom debate of the Babylonian Theodicy and in the epic of Erra and Išum are analysed comparing both the stylistic level and the main moral and theological issues the texts bring to the fore. Rhetorical and dialectical means appear to be deployed as tools for articulating subtle reasoning and arguments. They allow myth to be subjected to renewed reflection and reworking, deeply transforming epic narrative. This scenario suggests the emergence of a new figure of sage and literatus, particularly versed in the art of debate.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-11-30
dc.dateAccepted	2024-03-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-11-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-776-0/from-dialogue-to-debate/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-777-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-776-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Babylonian Theodicy
dc.subject	Babylonian literature
dc.subject	Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts
dc.subject	Dialogue and debate
dc.subject	Erra and Išum

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From Dialogue to Debate

Argumentative and Epic Discourse in Mesopotamian Literature Between II and I Millennium BCE

Simonetta Ponchia Università degli Studi di Verona, Italia

abstract

Dialogical structures in the wisdom debate of the Babylonian Theodicy and in the epic of Erra and Išum are analysed comparing both the stylistic level and the main moral and theological issues the texts bring to the fore. Rhetorical and dialectical means appear to be deployed as tools for articulating subtle reasoning and arguments. They allow myth to be subjected to renewed reflection and reworking, deeply transforming epic narrative. This scenario suggests the emergence of a new figure of sage and literatus, particularly versed in the art of debate.

Published

Nov. 30, 2023

Accepted

March 4, 2024

Submitted

Nov. 24, 2023

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-777-7

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-776-0

Keywords: Babylonian Theodicy • Dialogue and debate • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Erra and Išum • Babylonian literature

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