Melothesia in Babylonia : medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient Near East
Markham J. Geller (Author)
This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology
Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures, v. 2, volume 2
History
1 online resource (xii, 100 pages .)
9781614516934, 9781614519348, 1614516936, 161451934X
900826231
Introduction: globalisation of knowledge
The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43)
Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19)
The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac
Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels
Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43
Melothesia
Concluding hypothesis
In English