Chapter Introduction : ‘Infrastructural Compendia’ and the Licensing of Empiricism in Mesopotamian Technical Literature

Johnson, J. Cale

doi:10.1515/9781501502507-002

Author(s)

Johnson, J. Cale

Collection

European Research Council (ERC)

Language

English

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Abstract

In the Wake of the Compendia examines the composition of technical literature in the ancient Semitic-speaking world. Compendia on astrology, magic, medicine, lexicography, and alchemy were composed in several languages and relate to earlier Mesopotamian models. This volume offers new perspectives on the early history of these compendia and their subsequent transmission into later post-cuneiform compilations, curricula, and scholarly writings.

Book

In the Wake of the Compendia

URI

https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/169341

Keywords

early scientific thought; compilation and redaction in the ancient world; infrastructural compendia; empiricism; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRR Other religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT1 Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas