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This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an import...
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oapen-20.500.12657-246512021-11-09T09:31:02Z Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East Judah Geller, Markham astrology medicine magic melothesia bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology. 2019-10-02 23:55 2020-01-07 16:47:06 2020-04-01T10:04:25Z 2020-04-01T10:04:25Z 2014 book 1005460 OCN: 1135856102 9781614517757; 9781614519348 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24651 eng application/pdf n/a 1005460.pdf De Gruyter 10.1515/9781614516934 10.1515/9781614516934 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 7292b17b-f01a-4016-94d3-d7fb5ef9fb79 9781614517757; 9781614519348 European Research Council (ERC) 112 323596 FP7 Ideas: European Research Council FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013) open access |
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This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology. |
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