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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Babylonian"”.
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Algorithmic thinking in Babylonian planetary theory
… paradigms and ancient computational methods in Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy (BMA). Through analysis of procedure texts and planetary tables, it demonstrates that Babylonian astronomers employed systematic techniques resembling sequential execution, conditional branching, and procedure …
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A Study of Babylonian Goal-Year Planetary Astronomy
Throughout the Late Babylonian Period, Mesopotamian astronomers made nightly observations of the planets, Moon and stars. Based on these observations, they developed several different techniques for predicting future astronomical events. The present study aims to improve our understanding of a …
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As Below So Above: Reconstructing the Neo-Babylonian Worldview
… evidence how the early first millennium BCE Neo-Babylonians thought, reasoned, and wrote in order to partially reconstruct the shared, generally held worldview of the Neo-Babylonian people using the transdisciplinary approach of worldview analysis. Worldviews are what we use to think with, not …
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The Old Testament Babylonian exile : a socio-political study
This study is a materialist literary analysis of Deuteronomistic History. with particular reference to the Elijah-cycle which culminates in the Naboth Episode its appropriation by the oppressed in their situation and experience of oppression in contemporary societies. The materialist literary …
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The Political Activities of Jeremiah and the Pro-Babylonian Party
… always in mind. Jeremiah worked with the pro-Babylonian party in opposition to the pro-Egyptian party, which represented apostasy and resistance to Babylon--God's divine instrument of punishment. It is hoped that this study will partially illuminate the broad spectrum of prophetic political …
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Stammaitic Activity Versus Stammaitic Chronology; Anonymity's Impact on the Legal Narrative of the Babylonian Talmud
… of the Stammaim to the narrative of the Babylonian Talmud (BT). The primary suggestion is to view the Stammaim as the authors, narrators, and editors who contributed the anonymous Stammaitic activity to the text. The goal is not to dismiss the possibility of a Stammaitic period, or a …
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Astrology in the Torah: a comparative study of astrological themes in the Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmund.
… dominated by Zoroastrian culture, the Babylonian Talmud, the culmina- tion of generations of Rabbinic oral discussion of Torah law, was born. Contemporary divinatory practices prevalent in the pagan cultures of Classical Antiquity were seemingly reviled in both the Bible and the Talmud. …
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Ancient Childhood: Perspectives from Iraq and Syria in the Early Second Millennium BC
… component, our reconstructions of Old Babylonian social, economic, and legal history have tended not to consider how children fit into them. In part, this is because scholars’ opinion was that syntheses at this level required the publication of the remaining unpublished sources. But …
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In heaven as it is on earth : the development of the interpreting angel motif in biblical literature of the neo-Babylonian, Persian and early Hellenistic periods.
The motif of angelic interpretation of symbolic visions is a major feature of late prophetic and apocalyptic literature, yet the development of this literary motif has remained largely unexplored within biblical scholarship. This study fills this gap in scholarship by tracing the development of the …
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A Study of the Composition of Nebuchadnezzar II’s Royal Inscriptions
… chapter 7, we look at NBK’s interaction with the Babylonian inscriptional tradition. We will compare his inscriptions with the Babylonian inscriptions of Ashurbanipal and Esarhaddon, as well as the inscriptions of Hammurabi. As we shall see, NBK’s inscriptions are much closer to the inscriptions …
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Aramaic Incantation Bowls and Contemporary Ceramic Art Practice
… upside down in the floors and courtyards of Babylonian homes, they are fundamentally concerned with protecting inhabitants, invoking a plethora of supernatural beings from across cultures to assist in this endeavour. Research focuses on a material investigation of these artefacts through the …
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איסור נישואי "מעוברת חברו ומנקת חברו" במשפט העברי
… Geonic period differences of opinion between the Babylonian Jews and the Jews living in the Land of Israel were preserved. These differences had their roots in sources in the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, respectively. Ultimately, the Babylonian Geonim ensured that the Babylonian Talmud’s …
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The new year's festivals and the shrine of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Sy Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan
… have been derived from a blending of Iranian and Babylonian religion in Bactria, namely the cults of Anahita, Adonistrammuz and custoins associated with the Iranian hero, Siyawush. Janda Bala (Chapter 7), on the other hand, appears to be rooted in ancient Vedic and Shamanistic tradition. All three …
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From Mitzvot to Agape.
… as yourself.” Examination begins with the Babylonian Exile, and concludes with the First Jewish War with Rome. Attention is placed on the Pharisaic sect. The Pharisees ability to synchronize Greek philosophy and Jewish covenant theology, created a new identity for the Jewish people, …
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'Spells That Have Lost Their Virtue': The Mythology and Psychology of Shame in the Early Novels of George Eliot
… history of the Hebrews from the flood, to the Babylonian exile and return. Eliot's treatment suggests that whether Silas is wicked or elect, the narrative is about the vindication of God, not Silas. In contrast, Silas himself is vindicated in the plot with Godfrey because of his choice to care …
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Vonnegut's criticisms of modern society
… on opposite sides of the globe, like the Babylonian and the Mayan. Western Civilization may be no exception; many historians suspect that it also can be viewed as cyclical in its development and some further assert that it is presently in its final stage—dissolution.</p>
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