Early Mesopotamian divination literature : its organizational framework and generative and paradigmatic characteristics /
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| Author / Creator: | Winitzer, Abraham, author. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017. |
| Description: | xxi, 489 pages; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient magic and divination ; volume 12 Ancient magic and divination ; 12. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11320904 |
| Summary: | In Early Mesopotamian Divination Literature: Its Organizational Framework and Generative and Paradigmatic Characteristics , Abraham Winitzer provides a detailed study of the Akkadian Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1600 BC) omen collections stemming from extispicy, the most significant Mesopotamian divination technique for most of that civilization's history. Paying close attention to these texts' organizational structure, Winitzer details the mechanics responsible for their origins and development, and highlights key characteristics of a conceptual framework that helped reconfigure Mesopotamian divination into a literature in line with significant, new forms of literary expression from the same time. This literature, Winitzer concludes, represents an early form of scientific reasoning that began to appreciate the centrality of texts and textual interpretation in this civilization's production, organization, and conception of knowledge. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 489 pages; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-477) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004346994 9004346996 |
