Babylonian Horoscopes: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 88, Part 1) (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) - Softcover

Rochberg, Francesca

 
9780871698810: Babylonian Horoscopes: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 88, Part 1) (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0871698811 ISBN 13: 9780871698810
Verlag: AMER PHILOLOGICL ASSN BOOK, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Emerging for the first time in the 5th cent. B.C., horoscopes reflect the application of the idea and practice of celestial divination to the life of the individual. Whereas an omen focuses on a single astronomical phenomenon, the horoscope takes into account the positions of the moon, sun, and five planets at the moment of a birth. As such, Babylonian horoscopes presuppose the concept of the ecliptic and a methodology for obtaining the positions of heavenly bodies when they are not observable. This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes -- with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary. This study offers a systematic description of the documents as a definable class of Babylonian astronomical/astrological texts.

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Verlag
AMER PHILOLOGICL ASSN BOOK
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0871698811
ISBN 13 
9780871698810
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
180
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