Wisdom Between East and West: Mesopotamia, Greece and Beyond
open access | peer reviewed
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a cura di
- 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 Narrative Dances • Royal legislation • Philosophy • Egyptian medicine • Ashurbanipal • Epic poetry • Episteme • Near Eastern languages and cultures • Folktale • Assyriology • Tupšarrūtu • Classical studies • Epics • The Epic of Gilgameš • Cult Festivals • Ancient Greek • Babylonian Theodicy • Sophia • Babylonian literature • Gilgamesh • The Babylonian Theodicy • Scribal school • Scribalism • Wisdom traditions • Sumerian • Biblical studies • Proverbs • Mesopotamian literature • Astronomy • Narrative irony • The Book of Qohele • Falsehood • Greek literature • Hesiod • Wisdom literature • Periander • Science • Epistemology • Dialogue and debate • Magical medicine • Polycrates • Dance • Tradition • Hittites • Female advisors • Gorgo • Cuneiform world • Hellenistic Jerusalem • Performance • Parody • Wisdom Literature of the Eastern Mediterranean bas • Mesopotamia • Scientia • Analogical reasoning • Dialectics in Assyro-Babylonian texts • Scribal education • Homer • Ancient Greece • Kingship • Nēmequ • Sumerian proverbs • Scholarly text compilation • Hellenistic Uruk • Heritage • Morality tale • Wisdom • Law • Erra and Išum • Herodotus • Satire • Audience • Babylonian Wisdom Literature • Truth • Bull-Leaping • Religious medicine • Greek medicine • Jotham’s Fable • Poetry • Myth • Rational medicine
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 | Pubblicato 09 Luglio 2024 | Lingua en
Sottoserie Studi orientali e-ISSN 2610-9336 ISSN 2610-881X
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