Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East
This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an import...
I tiakina i:
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| Hōputu: | Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka |
| Reo: | Ingarihi |
| I whakaputaina: |
De Gruyter
2014
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| Urunga tuihono: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
| Ngā Tūtohu: |
Tāpirihia he Tūtohu
Kāore He Tūtohu, Me noho koe te mea tuatahi ki te tūtohu i tēnei pūkete!
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| Whakarāpopototanga: | This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology. |
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| Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | 1 electronic resource (112 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781614516934 9781614517757; 9781614519348 |
| Urunga: | Open Access |