Record Nr.

UNINA9910453799103321

Autore

Cooley Jeffrey L.

Titolo

Poetic astronomy in the ancient near East [[electronic resource] ] : the reflexes of celestial science in ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Israelite narrative / / Jeffrey L. Cooley

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Winona Lake, IN, : Eisenbrauns, 2013

ISBN

1-57506-693-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Collana

History, archaeology, and the culture of the Levant ; ; 5

Disciplina

520.9394

Soggetti

Astronomy Ancient - Middle East

Astronomy, Ancient, in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical referencesand index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""The Study of Ancient Near Eastern Celestial Science and Literature""; ""1.1â€?Introduction""; ""1.2.â€?Pan-Babylonianism""; ""1.3.â€?Understanding Mesopotamian Astronomy""; ""1.4.â€?The Problem in Assyriology""; ""1.5.â€?The Problem in Biblical Studies""; ""1.6.â€?The Problem in Ugaritology""; ""1.7.â€?Bridging the Gap""; ""1.8.â€?Celestial Science in Ancient Near Eastern Literature""; ""Appendix 1.1: Definitions of Important Terms Used in This Study""; ""Celestial Science in Mesopotamia""; ""2.1.â€?Introduction""

""2.2.â€?Preâ€?Old Babylonian Celestial Sciences""""2.3.â€?Celestial Divination Material""; ""2.4.â€?Celestial Divination Supportive Material: Didactic and Practical Tools""; ""2.5.â€?Celestial Divination Interpretive Material""; ""2.6.â€?Miscellaneous Celestial-Science Material""; ""2.7.â€?Summary History of Mesopotamian Astronomy""; ""Celestial Science in Mesopotamian Literature""; ""3.1.â€?Introduction""; ""3.2.â€?Divination""; ""3.3.â€?Catasterisms and Other Celestial Aetia""; ""3.4.â€?Miscellaneous""; ""3.5.â€?Conclusion""; ""Celestial Science at Ugarit and in Ugaritic Literature""

""4.1.â€?The Celestial Sciences at Ugarit""""4.2.â€?The Celestial Sciences in Ugaritic Literature""; ""Appendix 4.1: Interpretations of the Baal Cycle""; ""Appendix 4.2: Gasterâ€?s Interpretation of the Aqhat

Text""; ""Appendix 4.3: Interpretations of KTU 1.23""; ""Celestial Science in Ancient Israel""; ""5.1.â€?Introduction""; ""5.2.â€?Celestial Terminology in the Hebrew Bible""; ""5.3.â€?Astral Religion""; ""5.4.â€?Celestial Divination""; ""5.5.â€?The Calendars of the Hebrew Bible""; ""5.6.â€?Celestial Science in Ancient Israel: Conclusion""

""Celestial Science in Ancient Israelite Literature""""6.1.â€?Introduction: The Criteria for Identifying Celestial References in the Hebrew Bible""; ""6.2.â€?Celestial Agents, Astral Religion, and Calendar""; ""6.3.â€?Joshua 10""; ""6.4.â€?Judges 5""; ""6.5.â€?The Shadow on the Steps of Ahaz""; ""6.6.â€?Genesis 1:14â€?18""; ""6.7.â€?The Stars in Job""; ""6.8.â€?Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Authors""; ""Index of Scripture""; ""Index of Ancient Near Eastern Names and Sources""