Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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a cura di
- 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 Hesiod • Classical studies • Jotham’s Fable • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Sumerian proverbs • Proverbs • Bull-Leaping • Scientia • Rational medicine • Religious medicine • Myth • Ancient Greece • Wisdom traditions • Astronomy • Gilgamesh • Epistemology • Magical medicine • Mesopotamia • Female advisors • Satire • Cult Festivals • Egyptian medicine • Falsehood • Heritage • Homer • Truth • Scribal school • Erra and Išum • Gorgo • Cuneiform world • Ashurbanipal • Assyriology • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Nēmequ • Royal legislation • Sophia • Audience • Biblical studies • Sumerian • Law • The Epic of Gilgameš • Wisdom • Periander • Polycrates • Near Eastern languages and cultures • Episteme • Science • Narrative Dances • Scholarly text compilation • Babylonian Theodicy • Poetry • Scribal education • Dance • The Babylonian Theodicy • Wisdom literature • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Scribalism • Philosophy • Epics • Tupšarrūtu • Herodotus • Parody • Greek medicine • Dialogue and debate • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Hittites • Hellenistic Uruk • Performance • Greek literature • Morality tale • Babylonian literature • Narrative irony • The Book of Qohele • Analogical reasoning • Folktale • Tradition • Ancient Greek • Epic poetry • Mesopotamian literature • Kingship
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 | Pubblicato 09 Luglio 2024 | Lingua en
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