Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : the construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages / / Jochen Althoff, Dominik Berrens, Tanja Pommerening (editors) |
Autore | Althoff Jochen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408) |
Disciplina | 303.48/30902 |
Collana | Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften |
Soggetto topico |
Technology and civilization
Civilization - History Knowledge, Theory of - History Technology transfer - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Antiquity, Middle Ages
Knowledge Transfer Universals Cultural History History of Astronomy Eschatology Ancient History Medieval History History |
ISBN | 3-8376-4236-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 CONTENT 5 Preface and Acknowledgements 9 The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in the Pre-Modern Era 13 Transmitting Symbolic Concepts from the Perspective of Cultural Cognition - The Acquisition and Transfer of Folk-biological Knowledge 41 The Transfer of Knowledge from Mesopotamia to Egypt 71 Epistemology in the Biblical Tradition - Judean Knowledge-Building, Scribal Craftsmanship, and Scribal Culture 99 Bodies of Texts, Bodies of Tradition - Medical Expertise and Knowledge of the Body among Rabbinic Jews in Late Antiquity 123 The Reception and Rejection of "Foreign" Astronomical Knowledge in Byzantium 167 "He assigned Him as the Jewel of the night" - The Knowledge of the Moon in Mesopotamian Texts of the Late Second and First Millennia BCE 187 Shapeshifter - Knowledge of the Moon in Graeco-Roman Egypt 213 Concepts Concerning the Moon in Plutarch's De facie in orbe lunae - Found, Inherited, or Borrowed Ideas 253 Conclusion - Of Moon and Men: Observations about the Knowledge of the Moon in Antiquity 279 Know Your Sources Before You Argue - Minucius Felix and Augustine of Hippo on the Conflagration 289 The Idea of an Apocalyptic Fire According to the Old and Middle Iranian Sources 313 Poets, Prophets, and Philosophers - The End of the World According to Otto von Freising 343 The Ragnark Myth in Scandinavia - Finding, Inheriting, and Borrowing 365 Conclusion - The End of the World in Fire 385 About the Authors 391 Authors and Texts Cited 395 General index 403 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996309242803316 |
Althoff Jochen | ||
Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Finding, inheriting or borrowing? : the construction and transfer of knowledge in antiquity and the Middle Ages / / Jochen Althoff, Dominik Berrens, Tanja Pommerening (editors) |
Autore | Althoff Jochen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408) |
Disciplina | 303.48/30902 |
Collana | Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften |
Soggetto topico |
Technology and civilization
Civilization - History Knowledge, Theory of - History Technology transfer - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Antiquity, Middle Ages
Knowledge Transfer Universals Cultural History History of Astronomy Eschatology Ancient History Medieval History History |
ISBN | 3-8376-4236-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 CONTENT 5 Preface and Acknowledgements 9 The Construction and Transfer of Knowledge in the Pre-Modern Era 13 Transmitting Symbolic Concepts from the Perspective of Cultural Cognition - The Acquisition and Transfer of Folk-biological Knowledge 41 The Transfer of Knowledge from Mesopotamia to Egypt 71 Epistemology in the Biblical Tradition - Judean Knowledge-Building, Scribal Craftsmanship, and Scribal Culture 99 Bodies of Texts, Bodies of Tradition - Medical Expertise and Knowledge of the Body among Rabbinic Jews in Late Antiquity 123 The Reception and Rejection of "Foreign" Astronomical Knowledge in Byzantium 167 "He assigned Him as the Jewel of the night" - The Knowledge of the Moon in Mesopotamian Texts of the Late Second and First Millennia BCE 187 Shapeshifter - Knowledge of the Moon in Graeco-Roman Egypt 213 Concepts Concerning the Moon in Plutarch's De facie in orbe lunae - Found, Inherited, or Borrowed Ideas 253 Conclusion - Of Moon and Men: Observations about the Knowledge of the Moon in Antiquity 279 Know Your Sources Before You Argue - Minucius Felix and Augustine of Hippo on the Conflagration 289 The Idea of an Apocalyptic Fire According to the Old and Middle Iranian Sources 313 Poets, Prophets, and Philosophers - The End of the World According to Otto von Freising 343 The Ragnark Myth in Scandinavia - Finding, Inheriting, and Borrowing 365 Conclusion - The End of the World in Fire 385 About the Authors 391 Authors and Texts Cited 395 General index 403 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910315227803321 |
Althoff Jochen | ||
Bielefeld, Germany, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The role of women in work and society in the ancient near East / / edited by Brigitte Lion and Cécile Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (586 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40956 |
Collana | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Middle East - History
Women - Middle East - History - To 1500 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Ancient Economic History
Ancient History Ancient Near Eastern Studies Women and Gender Studies |
ISBN |
1-5015-1701-5
1-61451-997-8 1-61451-908-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Women and Work in the Ancient Near East: An introduction -- Weaving, Potting, Churning: Women at work during the Uruk period -- Representation of Women in Mesopotamian Lexical Lists -- Women and Land in the Presargonic Lagaš Corpus -- The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria, 24th century BC) -- Women and Production in Sargonic Adab -- Professional Women and Women at Work in Mesopotamia and Syria (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC): The (rare) information from visual images -- Women at Work and Women in Economy and Society during the Neo-Sumerian Period -- The Sex-Based Division of Work versus Intersectionality: Some strategies for engendering the Ur III textile work force -- Women Work, Men are Professionals in the Old Assyrian Archives -- The Job of Sex: The social and economic role of prostitutes in ancient Mesopotamia -- “She is not fit for womanhood”: The Ideal Housewife According to Sumerian Literary Texts -- Economic Activities of nadītum-Women of Šamaš Reflected in the Field Sale Contracts (MHET II/1–6) -- Cherchez la femme! -- Economic Activities of Women According to Mari Texts (18th century BC) -- Women at Work in Mesopotamia: An attempt at a legal perspective -- Sources for the Study of the Role of Women in the Hittite Administration -- Work and Gender in Nuzi Society -- Women in Economic Agreements: Emarite sale contracts (Syria, 13th century BC) -- The kubuddā’u-Gift in the Emar Texts -- Women in Elamite Royal Inscriptions: Some observations -- Women and their Activities in Divinatory Texts -- Studying Gender: A Case study of female administrators in Neo-Assyrian palaces -- Historiography on Studies Dedicated to Women and Economy during the Neo-Babylonian Period -- Invisible Workers: The role of women in textile production during the 1st millennium BC -- Economic Activities of Women in 1st Millennium Babylonia -- Beauty Experts: Female perfume-makers in the 1st millennium BC -- Women and Prebends in Seleucid Uruk -- Women and the Economic History of the Ancient Greek World: Still a challenge for gender studies -- Index of professions and activities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796548403321 |
Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The role of women in work and society in the ancient near East / / edited by Brigitte Lion and Cécile Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (586 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40956 |
Collana | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Middle East - History
Women - Middle East - History - To 1500 |
Soggetto non controllato |
Ancient Economic History
Ancient History Ancient Near Eastern Studies Women and Gender Studies |
ISBN |
1-5015-1701-5
1-61451-997-8 1-61451-908-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Women and Work in the Ancient Near East: An introduction -- Weaving, Potting, Churning: Women at work during the Uruk period -- Representation of Women in Mesopotamian Lexical Lists -- Women and Land in the Presargonic Lagaš Corpus -- The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria, 24th century BC) -- Women and Production in Sargonic Adab -- Professional Women and Women at Work in Mesopotamia and Syria (3rd and early 2nd millennia BC): The (rare) information from visual images -- Women at Work and Women in Economy and Society during the Neo-Sumerian Period -- The Sex-Based Division of Work versus Intersectionality: Some strategies for engendering the Ur III textile work force -- Women Work, Men are Professionals in the Old Assyrian Archives -- The Job of Sex: The social and economic role of prostitutes in ancient Mesopotamia -- “She is not fit for womanhood”: The Ideal Housewife According to Sumerian Literary Texts -- Economic Activities of nadītum-Women of Šamaš Reflected in the Field Sale Contracts (MHET II/1–6) -- Cherchez la femme! -- Economic Activities of Women According to Mari Texts (18th century BC) -- Women at Work in Mesopotamia: An attempt at a legal perspective -- Sources for the Study of the Role of Women in the Hittite Administration -- Work and Gender in Nuzi Society -- Women in Economic Agreements: Emarite sale contracts (Syria, 13th century BC) -- The kubuddā’u-Gift in the Emar Texts -- Women in Elamite Royal Inscriptions: Some observations -- Women and their Activities in Divinatory Texts -- Studying Gender: A Case study of female administrators in Neo-Assyrian palaces -- Historiography on Studies Dedicated to Women and Economy during the Neo-Babylonian Period -- Invisible Workers: The role of women in textile production during the 1st millennium BC -- Economic Activities of Women in 1st Millennium Babylonia -- Beauty Experts: Female perfume-makers in the 1st millennium BC -- Women and Prebends in Seleucid Uruk -- Women and the Economic History of the Ancient Greek World: Still a challenge for gender studies -- Index of professions and activities |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818688503321 |
Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Schrift und Herrschaft : Facetten einer komplizierten Beziehung / / hrsg. von Rüdiger Haude, Ines Soldwisch, Klaus Freitag |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Histoire |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Europe / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Ancient History
Ancient World Contemporary History Cultural History Culture Early Modernity European History Global History History Legitimation Middle Age Politics Power Relations Power Writing |
ISBN | 3-8394-5626-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Inhalt -- Einleitung. Schrift und Herrschaft -- Wer schreibt? Wer liest? Und was steht da? -- Schrift und Herrschaft im antiken Griechenland in klassischer Zeit -- Herrschaft ohne Schrift? -- Herrschaftstransgression zwischen Spätantike und Frühmittelalter -- Fuit ferus et crudelis et amator pecunie -- Eine entscheidende Bitte? -- Weise Wilde -- Herrschaft und Schriftlichkeit am Ende der DDR -- Autor_innenliste. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996582047103316 |
Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Schrift und Herrschaft : Facetten einer komplizierten Beziehung / / hrsg. von Rüdiger Haude, Ines Soldwisch, Klaus Freitag |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Histoire |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Europe / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Ancient History
Ancient World Contemporary History Cultural History Culture Early Modernity European History Global History History Legitimation Middle Age Politics Power Relations Power Writing |
ISBN | 3-8394-5626-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Inhalt -- Einleitung. Schrift und Herrschaft -- Wer schreibt? Wer liest? Und was steht da? -- Schrift und Herrschaft im antiken Griechenland in klassischer Zeit -- Herrschaft ohne Schrift? -- Herrschaftstransgression zwischen Spätantike und Frühmittelalter -- Fuit ferus et crudelis et amator pecunie -- Eine entscheidende Bitte? -- Weise Wilde -- Herrschaft und Schriftlichkeit am Ende der DDR -- Autor_innenliste. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831590203321 |
Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Size matters : understanding monumentality across ancient civilizations / / edited by Federico Buccellati [and three others] |
Autore | Buccellati Federico |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350) |
Disciplina | 722 |
Collana | Histoire |
Soggetto topico |
Monuments - Social aspects
Monuments - History Historic sites |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Conference papers and proceedings.
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Monumentality
Architecture Energetics Identity Labour Monument Perception Reception Cultural History Ancient History History |
ISBN | 3-8394-4538-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Preface 7 Introduction 11 Monuments and Monumentality - different perspectives 17 Monumentality: Research Approaches and Methodology 41 Perceiving monumentality 65 Monumentalbaukunst - Architektur als erweiterter Denk- und Erfahrungsraum 93 Monumentality in context - a reply from Egyptology 99 The Social Meaning of Big Architecture, or the Sociology of the Monumental 107 Monumental Negligence: the Difference between Working and Alienated Labor 133 Zerstörungswut - The Deliberate Destruction of MonuMentality in Ancient and Modern Times 157 The operation of monumentality in low occupation-density settlements in prehistory: a regional scale view 171 The Massif Rouge and Early Dynastic high terraces: Dynamics of monumentality in Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE 193 La grandeur de Babylone: étude des inscriptions royales 209 The monumental Late Antique cisterns of Resafa, Syria as refined capacity and water-quality regulation system 223 Monumentality, Building Techniques, and Identity Construction in Roman Italy: The Remaking of Cosa, post-197 BCE 241 Monumentality of the Landscape: the Coixtlahuaca Valley Archaeology and the Lienzo Seler II 269 Monumentality by numbers 291 Texts in the City: Monumental Inscriptions in Jerusalem's Urban Landscape 309 Contributors 345 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996309071903316 |
Buccellati Federico | ||
Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Size matters : understanding monumentality across ancient civilizations / / edited by Federico Buccellati [and three others] |
Autore | Buccellati Federico |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350) |
Disciplina | 722 |
Collana | Histoire |
Soggetto topico |
Monuments - Social aspects
Monuments - History Historic sites |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Conference papers and proceedings.
History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Monumentality
Architecture Energetics Identity Labour Monument Perception Reception Cultural History Ancient History History |
ISBN | 3-8394-4538-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Preface 7 Introduction 11 Monuments and Monumentality - different perspectives 17 Monumentality: Research Approaches and Methodology 41 Perceiving monumentality 65 Monumentalbaukunst - Architektur als erweiterter Denk- und Erfahrungsraum 93 Monumentality in context - a reply from Egyptology 99 The Social Meaning of Big Architecture, or the Sociology of the Monumental 107 Monumental Negligence: the Difference between Working and Alienated Labor 133 Zerstörungswut - The Deliberate Destruction of MonuMentality in Ancient and Modern Times 157 The operation of monumentality in low occupation-density settlements in prehistory: a regional scale view 171 The Massif Rouge and Early Dynastic high terraces: Dynamics of monumentality in Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE 193 La grandeur de Babylone: étude des inscriptions royales 209 The monumental Late Antique cisterns of Resafa, Syria as refined capacity and water-quality regulation system 223 Monumentality, Building Techniques, and Identity Construction in Roman Italy: The Remaking of Cosa, post-197 BCE 241 Monumentality of the Landscape: the Coixtlahuaca Valley Archaeology and the Lienzo Seler II 269 Monumentality by numbers 291 Texts in the City: Monumental Inscriptions in Jerusalem's Urban Landscape 309 Contributors 345 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910350180703321 |
Buccellati Federico | ||
Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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