In the Wake of the Compendia Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia

• Diğer Yazarlar: Cale Johnson, J. (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: De Gruyter 2015
• Konular: Middle Eastern history; Ancient religions & mythologies; early scientific thought; compilation and redaction in the ancient world; infrastructural compendia; empiricism
• Online Erişim: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Özet

In the Wake of the Compendia examines the composition of technical literature in the ancient Semitic-speaking world. Compendia on astrology, magic, medicine, lexicography, and alchemy were composed in several languages and relate to earlier Mesopotamian models. This volume offers new perspectives on the early history of these compendia and their subsequent transmission into later post-cuneiform compilations, curricula, and scholarly writings.

Fiziksel Özellikler

1 electronic resource (336 p.)

ISBN

9781501502507
9781501510762; 9781501502521

Erişim

Open Access