From Cuneiform Texts to Ancient Writers
Berossos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22201356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ercüment YILDIRIM (0000-0001-5376-4061, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 208-223 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amisos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2587-2222 |
| Publisher | Amisos (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.48122/amisos.1119199 |
| OpenAlex | W4282982223 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 49 |
While ancient historians create their works, they make citations to the narrative of previous authors and they did text quotes. These quotations were meant to enrich both the author's work and to provide wider information about the previous nations. Ancient writers used the narrations of the authors of these societies while giving information about the history of distant nations, such as Egypt and Mesopotamia. Many ancient historians have benefited from the nonextant work of Berossos for the history of Mesopotamia and mythological narratives known to have gone back thousands of years. These authors included the work of the Berossos, especially the king's lists, the Flood myth and the descriptions of the Oannes, adding their own interpretations. This situation has led the Greek community to arrive in the Hellenic world with the historical thought system of Mesopotamia and the tradition of mythological expression. While some of this information has been adopted with great appreciation by the Hellenic community, some of its credibility has been skeptical. The main reason for this situation can be claimed to be the cultural difference between the two communities. This study aims to reveal the effects of Mesopotamian wisdom on the Hellenic thought style by explaining how the narratives of the Hellenic community were found in the works of the historians of the era through the work of Berossos
Ancient Greece · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Credibility · Literature · Mesopotamia · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Skepticism · Theology · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Families in Therapy and Culture · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
Noah's Flood Reconsidered
Berossus and Babylonian Eschatology
Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Stock Situations, Topoi and the Greekness of Greek Historiography
Ancient Mesopotamia
A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East
Class Conflict in Ancient Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
The Flood
The Origins of Greek Religion
Greek Historiography
Historiography and Self-Definition
Syncellus, Georgius
The Mesopotamian Floodstories
The Rural Community in the Ancient Near East
The Flood Hero as King and Priest
The Date of the Sumerian King List
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Prov. 9
Piety and Politics
Assyrian Prophecies, the Assyrian Tree, and the Mesopotamian Origins of Jewish Monotheism, Greek Philosophy, Christian Theology, Gnosticism, and Much More
Greek Historiography
Of Gods and Kings
Empiricism in Babylonian Omen Texts and the Classification of Mesopotamian Divination as Science
Wisdom and Not
History as Charter Some Observations on the Sumerian King List
Heroes of Akkad
Xisouthros, Deucalion and the Flood Traditions
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |