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