Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East

• 第一著者: Judah Geller, Markham (auth)
• フォーマット: 電子媒体 図書の章
• 言語: 英語
• 出版事項: De Gruyter 2014
• 主題: Middle Eastern history; History: specific events & topics; astrology; medicine; magic; melothesia
• オンライン･アクセス: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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...