Challenge of the Astronomical Diaries from Babylon
Authors, Concern, Scholarship, and Worldview Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3961542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R J Van Der Spek (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | American Oriental Society (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7817/jaos.142.4.2022.ra006 |
| OpenAlex | W4311463965 |
| Language | EN |
The Astronomical Diaries are a unique corpus of documents from Babylon containing daily observations of celestial and terrestrial phenomena in the last half millennium before the Common Era. They provide direct information on how Babylonian scholars conducted scientific research and viewed political, economic, and religious events of their time-in other words, how they experienced their era. The book under review is a good introduction to this corpus
Ancient history · Political science · Politics · Ancient Near East History · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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