The Late Babylonian List of Scholars
Author : Igor' Sergeevič Kločkov
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 1982*
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Author : Igor' Sergeevič Kločkov
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 1982*
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Author : Christine Proust
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 303004176X
This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia. It offers an exercise in micro-history that provides a case study for attempting to understand the relationship between scholars and scholarship during this time of great innovation. The papers in this collection focus on tablets written in the city of Uruk in southern Babylonia. These archives come from two different scholarly contexts. One is a private residence inhabited during successive phases by two families of priests who were experts in ritual and medicine. The other is the most important temple in Uruk during the late Achemenid and Hellenistic periods. The contributors undertake detailed studies of this material to explore the scholarly practices of individuals, the connection between different scholarly genres, and the exchange of knowledge between scholars in the city and scholars in other parts of Babylonia and the Greek world. In addition, this collection examines the archives in which the texts were found and the scribes who owned or wrote them. It also considers the interconnections between different genres of knowledge and the range of activities of individual scribes. In doing so, it answers questions of interest not only for the study of Babylonian scholarship but also for the study of ancient Mesopotamian textual culture more generally, and for the study of traditions of written knowledge in the ancient world.
Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,98 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0198726473
Exploring key historical events as well as the day-to-day life of the ancient Babylonians. A comprehensive guide to one of history's most profound civilizations.
Author : Markham J. Geller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1119062543
Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholars Attempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were related Assigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymous Rejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses
Author : Jacob J. Finkelstein
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Akkadian language
ISBN : 9780300013924
v. 13: Late old Babylonian documents and letters, by Jacob. J. Finkelstein.
Author : Alexa Bartelmus
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1501503561
Karduniaš, as the kingdom of the Kassites in Babylonia was called in ancient times, was the neighbor and rival of great powers such as Egypt, the Hittites, and Assyria. But while our knowledge of the latter kingdoms has made huge progress in the last decades, the Kassites have until recently been largely ignored by modern scholarship. Recently a number of scholars have embarked on research into different aspects of Late Bronze Age Babylonia. The desire to share the results of these new investigations resulted in an international conference, which was held at Munich University in July 2011. The presentations given at this meeting have been revised for publication in the current volume. This book gives an overview of current research on the Kassites and is the first larger survey of their culture ever. An invaluable introduction by Kassite expert Professor John A. Brinkman is followed by seventeen specialist contributions investigating different aspects of the Kassites. These include detailed historical, social, cultural, archaeological, and art historical studies concerning the Kassites from their first arrival in Mesopotamia, during the period when a Kassite Dynasty ruled Babylonia (c. 1595-1155 BC), and in the subsequent aftermath. Concentrating on southern Mesopotamia the contributions also discuss Kassite relations and presence in neighboring regions. The book is completed by a substantial bibliography and a detailed index.
Author : Reginald Campbell Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Assyro-Babylonian letters
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Author : Bill T. Arnold
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004130713
Who was Hammurapi, and what role did his famous "law code" serve in ancient Babylonian society? Who was the mysterious Merodach-baladan, and why did the appearance of his emissaries in Jerusalem so upset Isaiah? Who was Nebuchadnezzar II, and why did he tear down the Solomonic temple and drag the people of God into exile? In short, who were the Babylonians? This engaging and informative introduction to the best of current scholarship on the Babylonians and their role in biblical history answers these and other significant questions. The Babylonians were important not only because of their many historical contacts with ancient Israel but because they and their predecessors, the Sumerians, established the philosophical and social infrastructure for most of Western Asia for nearly two millennia. Beginning and advanced students as well as biblical scholars and interested nonspecialists will read this introduction to the history and culture of the Babylonians with interest and profit. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Author : Yoram Cohen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004370048
This book aims to place Emar's scribal school institution within its social and historical context.
Author : Tero Alstola
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9004365427
In Judeans in Babylonia, Tero Alstola presents a comprehensive investigation of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. By using cuneiform documents as his sources, he offers the first book-length social historical study of the Babylonian Exile, commonly regarded as a pivotal period in the development of Judaism. The results are considered in the light of the wider Babylonian society and contrasted against a comparison group of Neirabian deportees. Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society.