Astral sciences in Mesopotamia / / by Hermann Hunger and David Pingree.

• Superior document: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, Handbook of oriental studies. The Near and Middle East 44. Bd. =
• Author: Hunger, Hermann, 1942-
• TeilnehmendeR: Pingree, David Edwin, 1933-2005.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
• Yayın Tarihi: 1999
• Dil: English
• Seri Bilgileri: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 44.
• Fiziksel Özellikler: 1 online resource (325 pages).
• Notlar: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Astronomy and astrology, or the astral sciences, played an enormous, if not a key role in the political and religious life of the Ancient Near East, and, later, of the Greek and Roman world. This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the origins of the astral sciences in the Ancient N...