Divination as Science : : A Workshop on Divination Conducted during the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Warsaw, 2014 / / ed. by Jeanette C. Fincke.
There is no doubt that Ancient Near Eastern divination is firmly rooted in religion, since all ominous signs were thought to have been sent by gods, and the invocation of omens was embedded in rituals. Nonetheless, the omen compendia display many aspects of a generally scientific nature. In their at...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Divination between Religion and Science
- Bias in Observations of Natural Phenomena Made for Divinatory Purposes
- "Shamash, great lord, whom I am asking, answer me with reliable 'Yes!' ": The Influence of Divination on the Result of War
- Sheep Anatomical Terminology in the šumma immeru Omen Series and Additional Texts
- Some Remarks about the Old Babylonian Libanomancy Texts
- The Oldest Mesopotamian Astronomical Treatise: enūma anu e
- Divination and Religion as a Cultural System
- Indexes