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UNINA9910404756703321 |
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Titolo |
Ancient divination and experience / / Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy and Esther Eidinow [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2019 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-258291-7 |
0-19-188003-5 |
0-19-258290-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Divination |
Greece Religion |
Rome Religion |
China Religion |
Iraq Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This edition also issued in print: 2019. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Augur anxieties in the ancient Near East / Scott B. Noegel -- Testing the oracle? : on the experience of (multiple) oracular consultations / Esther Eidinow. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How did people in the ancient world experience their attempts to communicate with divine powers? This volume seeks to re-examine divination in ancient Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian, and Chinese cultures and to identify and elucidate previously understudied aspects of ancient divinatory experience and practice. |
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