Download or read book Divination as Science written by Jeanette C. Fincke and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no doubt that Ancient Near Eastern divination is firmly rooted in religion, since all ominous signs were thought to have been sent by gods, and the invocation of omens was embedded in rituals. Nonetheless, the omen compendia display many aspects of a generally scientific nature. In their attempt to note all possible changes to the affected objects and to arrange their observations systematically for reference purposes, the scholars produced texts that resulted in a rather detailed description of the world, be it with respect to geography (the urban or rural environment on earth, or celestial and meteorological phenomena observed in the sky), biology (the outer appearance of the bodies of humans or animals, or the entrails of sheep), sociology (behavior of people) or others. Based on different divination methods and omen compendia, the question discussed during this workshop was whether the scholars had a scientific approach, presented as religion, or whether Ancient Near Eastern divination should be considered purely religious and that the term “science” is inappropriate in this context. The workshop attracted a large audience and lively discussion ensued. The papers presented in this volume reflect the focus of the sessions during the workshop and are likely to generate even more discussion, now that they are published.
Download or read book A History of Magic and Experimental Science written by Lynn Thorndike and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Magic and Experimental Science The first thirteen centuries of our era written by Lynn Thorndike and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-2 concern the first 13 centuries of the Christian era; vols. 3-4, the 14th and 15th centuries, vols. 5-6, the 16th century, and vols. 7-8, the 17th century.
Download or read book Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
Download or read book The Method of Science written by various contributors and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Method of Science, the 6th issue of the journal of the Irish Order of Thelema is an anthology on the theme of scientific illuminism, a theory of skeptical occultism espoused by Aleister Crowley. As well as content supporting his position, there are developments, counter images and critiques to this approach. Contributors include: IAO131 (author of Naturalistic Occultism), Frater Achad (author of The Anatomy of the Body of God), Alan Moore (author of V for Vendetta), Lupa (author of Nature Spirituality from the Ground Up), Anne Ruadh, Brian Breathnach and others... Also including ritual and book reviews, Method Of Science is essential reading for those interested in scientific illuminism and its implications...
Download or read book Judaic Technologies of the Word written by Gabriel Levy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaic Technologies of the Word argues that Judaism does not exist in an abstract space of reflection. Rather, it exists both in artifacts of the material world - such as texts - and in the bodies, brains, hearts, and minds of individual people. More than this, Judaic bodies and texts, both oral and written, connect and feed back on one another. Judaic Technologies of the Word examines how technologies of literacy interact with bodies and minds over time. The emergence of literacy is now understood to be a decisive factor in religious history, and is central to the transformations that took place in the ancient Near East in the first millennium BCE. This study employs insights from the cognitive sciences to pursue a deep history of Judaism, one in which the distinctions between biology and culture begin to disappear.
Download or read book Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance written by Paul Lacroix and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance written by P. L. Jacob and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe written by Lynn Thorndike and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Frontiers of Ancient Science written by Brooke Holmes and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of science, mathematics, and medicine today can be deeply enriched by studying the historical roots of these areas of inquiry in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. The fields of ancient science and mathematics have in recent years witnessed remarkable growth. The present volume brings together contributions from more than thirty of the most important scholars working in these fields in the United States and Europe in honor of the eminent historian of ancient science and medicine Heinrich von Staden, Professor Emeritus of Classics and History of Science at the Institute of Advanced Study and William Lampson Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at Yale University. The papers range widely from Mesopotamia to Ancient Greece and Rome, from the first millennium B.C. to the early medieval period, and from mathematics to philosophy, mechanics to medicine, representing both a wide diversity of national traditions and the cutting edge of the international scholarly community.
Download or read book Planets and People written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Portents in Republican Rome written by Susanne William Rasmussen and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romans were a superstitious bunch with public portents forming an integral role in most political and social ceremonies and rituals. This detailed analysis of prodigia (unusual events that were reported to the Senate who then proclaimed that event as an unfavourable portent) does not look at what these events reveal about Roman psychology but, instead, focuses on the sociological consequences of this complete integration of politics and religion during the Republican period. Much of the book comprises a table of prodigies, gathered from primary sources, notably Livy's Ab urbe condita and Julius Obsequens' Ab anno-urbis conditae DV prodigium liber . This data is supported by detailed discussions of Cicero and public divination, the relationship between divination and science, the types of portents and the nature of religio-politics. Danish summary.
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