Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781614516934; 9781614517757; 9781614519348
Subjects: History: specific events & topics; Middle Eastern history
Description: 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.
Notes: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 323596

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