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