Keeping Watch In Babylon
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Keeping Watch In Babylon
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Author : Johannes Haubold
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Keeping Watch In Babylon written by Johannes Haubold and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with History categories.
This volume of collected essays, the first of its kind in any language, investigates the Astronomical Diaries from ancient Babylon, a collection of almost 1000 clay tablets which, over a period of some five hundred years (6th century to 1st century BCE), record observations of selected astronomical phenomena as well as the economy and history of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions. The volume asks who the scholars were, what motivated them to ‘keep watch in Babylon’ and how their approach changed in the course of the collection’s long history. Contributors come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including Assyriology, Classics, ancient history, the history of science and the history of religion. "Babylon has always exerted a magical charm on everyone who has been told of its splendour and grandeur. Nobody who has succumbed to this charm, whether he is a layman who just wants to browse a little in his search for old secrets, or a scholar who wants to inform himself about the latest academic research, will be disappointed by this volume." - Erlend Gehlken, Universität Frankfurt/Main, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review February 2 (2020)
The Library Of Ancient Wisdom
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Author : Selena Wisnom
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2025-05-07
The Library Of Ancient Wisdom written by Selena Wisnom and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-07 with History categories.
A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity. The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria’s last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian empire fell, the library burned to the ground, and its contents, clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing, lay buried for thousands of years until a team of Victorian archaeologists discovered the remnants in modern-day Iraq. The clay had baked and hardened; the very fire that consumed the library had helped its texts to survive for millennia. In The Library of Ancient Wisdom, scholar Selena Wisnom, one of only a few hundred experts able to read cuneiform script today, guides us inside this important collection and, through its contents, brings ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life. Introducing us to Ashurbanipal and his family, scribes, astrologers, physicians, and more, Wisnom explores the library’s tablets and the details they divulge about how these ancient people thought about the world. Like us, they had concerns about job security, jealous rivalries, and profound friendships, and questions about the meaning of life. Wisnom ushers us into a world where magic was commonplace, where the gods spoke to you in dreams, and where the secrets of the universe were revealed through puns—taking us to the heart of what it means to be human. Offering a close look at a major historical landmark as well as a readable account of the world’s earliest civilizations, The Library of Ancient Wisdom lays bare the ideas, hopes, fears, and desires that survive on humble clay.
Song Of Solomon
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Author : Sekhar Reddy Vasa
language : en
Publisher: www.FaithScope.com
Release Date : 2020-12-23
Song Of Solomon written by Sekhar Reddy Vasa and has been published by www.FaithScope.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-23 with Bibles categories.
Dear readers! Lord Christ manifested Himself in the form of wisdom in Solomon and inspired and enabled him to produce this marvelous psalm. For this very reason, we need to comprehend the inner spiritual meaning of the song and not attempt understanding it from physical perceptions of lust and desire. So let us attempt at unravelling some of the mysteries of this often misread great book. God made this world and created living spirit. All our souls came from this living spirit. This includes Christians and Gentiles today. Christians are described by the Lord Christ as the daughters of Jerusalem. He described the Gentiles as a fierce woman of war, that is the Babylon. Apart from these two, another type of woman was described. That woman is the dark woman, and her name is said to be Shulamite. After coming into this world as a living spirit, all the souls were described as divided into three distinct women based on their works. In reality, they were all supposed to be united as one woman (church) as a bride of Lord Christ. This song of songs is a conversation between these women and Lord Christ as their beloved. Let us read about the great love that God has for us through this book…
Cultures Of Resistance In The Hellenistic East
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Author : Paul J. Kosmin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-26
Cultures Of Resistance In The Hellenistic East written by Paul J. Kosmin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-26 with History categories.
This collaborative volume examines revolts and resistance to the successor states, formed after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, as a transregional phenomenon. The editors have assembled an array of specialists in the study of the various regions and cultures of the Hellenistic world - Judea, Egypt, Babylonia, Central Asia, and Asia Minor - in an effort to trace comparisons and connections between episodes and modes of resistance. The volume seeks to unite the currently dominant social-scientific orientation to ancient resistance and revolt with perspectives, often coming from religious studies, that are more attentive to local cultural, religious, and moral frameworks. In re-assessing these frameworks, contributors move beyond Greek/non-Greek binaries to examine resistance as complex and entangled: acts and articulations of resistance are not purely nativistic or 'nationalist', but conditioned by local traditions of government, historical memories of prior periods, as well as emergent transregional Hellenistic political and cultural idioms. Cultures of Resistance in the Hellenistic East is organized into three parts. The first part investigates the Great Theban Revolt and the Maccabean Revolt, the central cases for large, organized, and prolonged military uprisings against the Hellenistic kingdoms. The second part examines the full gamut of indigenous self-assertion and resistant action, including theologies of monarchic inadequacy, patterns of historical periodization and textual interpretation, and claims to sites of authority. The volume's final part turns to the more ambiguous assertions of local autonomy and identity that emerge in the frontier regions that slipped in and out of the grasp of the great Hellenistic powers.
Politics Of Pasts And Futures In Post Imperial Contexts
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Author : Sebastian Fahner
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-11-18
Politics Of Pasts And Futures In Post Imperial Contexts written by Sebastian Fahner and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-18 with History categories.
Although empires have played a decisive role in political thinking and the orientation of political goals at all times, the focus of research has so far mostly been on spatial and ideological aspects. This volume, on the other hand, offers a multi-disciplinary collection of studies that deal with the instrumentalization and ongoing impacts of perspectives on empire and their place in time. Coming from archaeology, history, art history, literary studies, and social sciences, the individual case studies discuss perceptions of imperial histories and imagined futures of empires, both in imperial and in post-imperial contexts. The transcending historical significance of the imperial ideas and ideals shows the deep and long-lasting effects of empire in landscapes, mindscapes, and social structures. The diachronic cut through all epochs from antiquity to modern times is complemented by a broad global view to deepen the temporal understanding of imperial imaginaries as well as their political implications.
Babylonian Chronographic Texts From The Hellenistic Period
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Author : R. J. van der Spek
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2025-05-30
Babylonian Chronographic Texts From The Hellenistic Period written by R. J. van der Spek and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-30 with Religion categories.
A comprehensive edition of Akkadian chronographic texts from the fourth to the first centuries BCE Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period gathers in a single volume previously unpublished tablets together with those that have appeared before, including the Babylonian chronicles, the historical sections of the Astronomical Diaries, the Babylonian and Uruk King Lists, and the Antiochus Cylinder from Borsippa. The volume offers new descriptions, transliterations, and translations of each tablet, together with full linguistic and historical commentary. This comprehensive collection brings these important historiographic tools to a broader audience of scholars of history, biblical studies, and the ancient world. An appendix with entries on political institutions, temples, important persons, and Babylonian and Greek words makes this an indispensable tool for students.
I Was Reincarnated As The 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 7
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Author : Kenkyo na Circle
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Release Date : 2022-11-01
I Was Reincarnated As The 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 7 written by Kenkyo na Circle and has been published by Kodansha USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Prince Lloyd heads deep into the city sewers to clear out a ghoul infestation and test out his shiny new spells. But one of the ghouls possesses the ability to bend everyone under its will. Lloyd thinks he's found another specimen for his experiments-but it turns out to be a clue that will lead him and his friends deep into a treacherous conspiracy...
Beyond Alexandria
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Author : Marijn S. Visscher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-07
Beyond Alexandria written by Marijn S. Visscher and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-07 with Literary Collections categories.
Beyond Alexandria aims to provide a better understanding of Seleucid literature, covering the period from Seleucus I to Antiochus III. Despite the historical importance of the Seleucid Empire during the long third century BCE, little attention has been devoted to its literature. The works of authors affiliated with the Seleucid court have tended to be overshadowed by works coming out of Alexandria, emerging from the court of the Ptolemies, the main rivals of the Seleucids. This book makes two key points, both of which challenge the idea that "Alexandrian" literature is coterminous with Hellenistic literature as a whole. First, the book sets out to demonstrate that a distinctly strand of writing emerged from the Seleucid court, characterized by shared perspectives and thematic concerns. Second, Beyond Alexandria explores how Seleucid literature was significant on the wider Hellenistic stage. Specifically, it shows that the works of Seleucid authors influenced and provided counterpoints to writers based in Alexandria, including key figures such as Eratosthenes and Callimachus. For this reason, the literature of the Seleucids is not only interesting in its own right; it also provides an important entry point for furthering our understanding of Hellenistic literature in general.
Premodern Experience Of The Natural World In Translation
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Author : Katja Krause
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-06-29
Premodern Experience Of The Natural World In Translation written by Katja Krause and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This innovative collection showcases the importance of the relationship between translation and experience in premodern science, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to offer a nuanced understanding of knowledge transfer across premodern time and space. The volume considers experience as a tool and object of science in the premodern world, using this idea as a jumping-off point from which to view translation as a process of interaction between diff erent epistemic domains. The book is structured around four dimensions of translation—between terms within and across languages; across sciences and scientific norms; between verbal and visual systems; and through the expertise of practitioners and translators—which raise key questions on what constituted experience of the natural world in the premodern area and the impact of translation processes and agents in shaping experience. Providing a wide-ranging global account of historical studies on the travel and translation of experience in the premodern world, this book will be of interest to scholars in history, the history of translation, and the history and philosophy of science.
Jehu S Tribute
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Author : Jeffrey L. Cooley
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2025-06-03
Jehu S Tribute written by Jeffrey L. Cooley and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-06-03 with History categories.
The findings of Assyriology have been applied to biblical studies ever since the former emerged as a scholarly discipline in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, the scholarly flow from Assyriology to biblical studies continues, yet rarely are the fruits of biblical scholarship brought to bear on the study of ancient Assyria and Babylon. The present volume aims to reverse this unidirectional trend. Considering that the literature preserved in the Hebrew Bible is the product of a people who had significant contact with both Assyria and Babylonia, then surely the study of the Hebrew Bible has something to offer Assyriology. But what? The contributors approach this question from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including intellectual history, museology, and religious and political history. The authors also offer broad methodological considerations and more focused, text-based case studies. Written by leading scholars in the fields of Assyriology and Hebrew Bible, Jehu’s Tribute presents a fresh approach to the multifaceted relationship between Assyriology and biblical studies. In addition to the volume editors, the contributors include Céline Debourse, Jessie DeGrado, Eckart Frahm, Shalom E. Holtz, Gina Konstantopoulos, Alan Lenzi, Alice Mandell, Dustin Nash, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Seth Sanders, Anthony P. SooHoo, SJ, and Abraham Winitzer.