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