Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- 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 Epic poetry • Cuneiform world • Sumerian proverbs • Erra and Išum • Female advisors • Parody • Sumerian • Scribalism • Classical studies • Ancient Greece • Royal legislation • Myth • Kingship • Gorgo • Narrative Dances • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Jotham’s Fable • Periander • Poetry • Nēmequ • Ancient Greek • Egyptian medicine • Hittites • Astronomy • Scientia • Audience • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Greek medicine • Scribal education • Wisdom traditions • Ashurbanipal • Epics • Babylonian literature • Tradition • Wisdom literature • Hellenistic Uruk • Science • Scribal school • Mesopotamia • Dialogue and debate • Hesiod • Dance • Sophia • Wisdom • Folktale • Falsehood • Homer • Philosophy • Tupšarrūtu • Religious medicine • Satire • Narrative irony • Heritage • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Law • The Book of Qohele • The Babylonian Theodicy • Rational medicine • Morality tale • Proverbs • Assyriology • Greek literature • Scholarly text compilation • Truth • Biblical studies • Analogical reasoning • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Magical medicine • Episteme • Gilgamesh • The Epic of Gilgameš • Near Eastern languages and cultures • Bull-Leaping • Mesopotamian literature • Herodotus • Performance • Polycrates • Babylonian Theodicy • Cult Festivals • Epistemology
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 | Published July 9, 2024 | Language en
Subseries Studi orientali e-ISSN 2610-9336 ISSN 2610-881X
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