Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East

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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Autor*in:

Judah Geller, Markham [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar: De Gruyter ; 2014

Rechteinformationen:

Open Access

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Schlagwörter:

History: specific events & topics

Middle Eastern history

History: specific events and topics

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (112 p.)

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ISBN:

978-1-61451-693-4

978-1-61451-775-7

Katalog-ID:

1836372876

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