: J. Cale Johnson
: In the Wake of the Compendia Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9781501502521
: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient CulturesISSN
: 1
: CHF 99.20
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: Altertum
: English
: 336
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In the Wake of the Compendiaexamines the composition of technical literature in the ancient Semitic-speaking world. Compendia on astrology, magic, medicine, lexicography, and alchemy were composed in several languages and relate to earlier Mesopotamian models. This volume offers new perspectives on the early history of these compendia and their subsequent transmission into later post-cuneiform compilations, curricula, and scholarly writings.


J. Cale Johnson, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.