Del 176 i serien Religions in the Graeco-Roman World

Worlds Full of Signs

Ancient Greek Divination in Context

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Worlds Full of Signs compares Greek divination to divinatory practices in Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia and Republican Rome. It argues that the character of Greek divination differed fundamentally from that of the two comparanda. Ample attention is given to background and method at first. Subsequent chapters discuss the divinatory elements – sign, homo divinans, and text, relating divination to time and uncertainty. This book brings together sources originating from various times and places, questioning these to consider both generalities of ancient divination and specifics of Greek divination. Greek divination was inherently flexible on many levels: these findings should be connected to Greek views on time and the future as well as the relatively low level of divinatory institutionalization.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-06-10
Mått155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt446 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReligions in the Graeco-Roman World
Antal sidor248
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004464223

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ContentsPreface ................................................................................................................. viiList of Abbreviations ....................................................................................... ixIntroduction ...................................................................................................... 1Part OneIntroduction to ancient divination1 Historiography ........................................................................................... 92 Defining Divination .................................................................................. 193 Comparison ................................................................................................. 43Part TwoElements of ancient divination4 T he Homo Divinans: Layman and Expert .......................................... 555 Significance of Signs ................................................................................. 1076 Playing by the Book? Use of a Textual Framework ........................ 139Part ThreeFunction of ancient divination7 T ime and Divination—Divination and Time ................................... 1738 Dealing with Uncertainty ....................................................................... 195Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 223Select Bibliography .......................................................................................... 231Index of Modern Authors .............................................................................. 237Index of Subjects .............................................................................................. 243