Babylonian Horoscopes: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 88, Part 1): 1286 - Softcover

Rochberg, Francesca

 
9780871698810: Babylonian Horoscopes: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 88, Part 1): 1286
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0871698811 ISBN 13: 9780871698810
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press, 1998

Synopsis

Interpretations of heavenly phenomena as signs of the future was a Mesopotamian tradition of great antiquity. The practice of Babylonian celestial divination, spanning a period from ca. 1800 B.C. to Hellenistic times, is known in the form of celestial omens portending the life of the king and the stability of the state. Emerging for the first time in the fifth century B.C., horoscopes reflect the application of the ideal and practice of celestial divination to the life of the individual. This is the first complete edition of the extant cuneiform horoscopes--with transcription and philological and astronomical commentary. It is the first study to offer a systematic description of the documents as a definable class of Babylonian astronomical/astrological texts.

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Publisher
American Philosophical Society Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871698811
ISBN 13 
9780871698810
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
164