Francesca Rochberg

Broschiertes Buch

The Heavenly Writing

Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture

Beschreibung

This book examines the various ways the heavens were studied and understood in ancient Mesopotamia.

Autor

Francesca Rochberg is Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the author of Babylonian Horoscopes (1998) and Aspects of Babylonian Celestial Divination: The Lunar Eclipse Tablets of Enuma Anu Enlil (1988).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521716611
• ISBN-10: 0521716616
• Artikelnr.: 23102190