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Beschreibung
This book examines the various ways the heavens were studied and understood in ancient Mesopotamia.
This book examines the various ways the heavens were studied and understood in ancient Mesopotamia.
Über den Autor
Francesca Rochberg is Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the author of Babylonian Horoscopes (1998) and Aspects of Babylonian Celestial Divination: The Lunar Eclipse Tablets of Enuma Anu Enlil (1988).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The historiography of Mesopotamian science; 2. Celestial divination in context; 3. Mesopotamian genethlialogy: the Babylonian horoscopes; 4. Sources for horoscopes in Babylonian astronomical texts; 5. Sources for horoscopes in the early astrological tradition; 6. The scribes and scholars of Mesopotamian celestial science; 7. The classification of Mesopotamian celestial inquiry as science.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521716611
ISBN-10: 0521716616
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rochberg, Francesca
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Francesca Rochberg
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2007
Gewicht: 0,584 kg
Artikel-ID: 101949425