Melothesia in Babylonia : medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient Near East /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geller, Markham J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
Colección:Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; v. 2.
Temas:
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Astrology, Assyro-Babylonian.
Medical astrology.
Astrology.
Medicine > History.
Magic.
History, Ancient
Astrology
History of Medicine
Magic
Médecine assyro-babylonienne.
Astrologie assyro-babylonienne.
Astrologie médicale.
Astrologie.
Médecine > Histoire.
Magie.
astrology.
history of medicine.
illusion (performing art)
TRAVEL > South America > General.
Medicine.
Mesopotamia
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: globalisation of knowledge
  • The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43)
  • Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19)
  • The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac
  • Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels
  • Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43
  • Melothesia
  • Concluding hypothesis.

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