Babylon: Wissenskultur in Orient Und Okzident (Topoi) (German Edition) (German and English Edition)

In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the “culture of knowledge”. The volume is the result of a conference that took place on the occasion of the exhibition __Babylon – Truth and Myth__ in Berlin. For the contemporary cultures of the Ancient World, Babylon was the epitome of learned scholarship. Yet in the processes of transformation of Late and post-Antiquity, to the same extent to which this culture of knowledge was forgotten after the collapse of the old oriental empires, Babylon became symbolic for the occult, for magic and esoteric knowledge. As the first joint pilot project by Topoi and the publisher De Gruyter for the simultaneous publication in print and open access, this volume will, on publication, also be available via [www.reference-global.de](http://www.reference-global.de) as an eBook “open access”. * Second volume published in the new series of the Excellence Cluster Topoi * Topical theme - the representation and perception of Babylon * Part of the open access pilot project Einführung 11 Babylon – Heute 23 The Present Condition of Babylon 25 The Situation of the Babylon Archaeological Site until 2006 41 Excavated and Unexcavated Libraries in Babylon 39 Babylon – Hauptstadt 91 Babylon: Origins 93 Babylon in der altbabylonischen Zeit: eine Hauptstadt von vielen ... die als einzige übrig blieb 99 Moving around Babylon: on the Aramean and Chaldean Presence in Southern Mesopotamia 113 L’écriture publique du pouvoir à Babylone sous Nabuchodonosor II 135 Babylon – Wissensort 143 Reconstructing Babylon: Recycling Mythological Traditions Toward a New Theology 145 Die Wissenschaft von der Zukunft – Überlegungen zur Bedeutung der Divination im Alten Orient 157 Die theoretische Grundlage der babylonischen Heilkunde 175 Bemerkungen zu einigen Aspekten babylonischen Rechtsdenkens im Spannungsfeld von Theorie und Praxis 181 ,Sieben Tafeln aus sieben Städten‘ – Überlegungen zum Prozess der Serialisierung von Texten in Babylonien in der zweiten Hälfte des zweiten Jahrtausends v.Chr. 193 The Role of Babylon in Western Peripheral Education 219 Science in Action: Networks in Babylonian Astronomy 235 Babylon – Wirkungsgeschichten 145 Chaldäer im Platonismus 247 The politai and the bīt tāmartu: The Seleucid and Parthian Theatres of the Greek Citizens of Babylon 261 Nabonid in Qumran. 275 Myth and Truth: Babylon in the Babylonian Talmud 293 Babylon bei den Kirchenvätern 307 Noch einmal: Der Turm zu Babel und die vielen Sprachen 317 Ḥarraān – die Stadt des Sin in islamischer Zeit 327 Die altvorderasiatischen Denkmäler in den Museen in Polen. Geschichte und Bestand 339 Abstracts 369 Abkürzungsverzeichnis 381 Indices 385 Abbildungsnachweise 397 In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the “culture of knowledge”. The volume is the result of a conference that took place on the occasion of the exhibition Babylon – Truth and Myth in Berlin. For the contemporary cultures of the Ancient World, Babylon was the epitome of learned scholarship. Yet in the processes of transformation of Late and post-Antiquity, to the same extent to which this culture of knowledge was forgotten after the collapse of the old oriental empires, Babylon became symbolic for the occult, for magic and esoteric knowledge. As the first joint pilot project by Topoi and the publisher De Gruyter for the simultaneous publication in print and open access, this volume will, on publication, also be available via (http://www.reference-global.de) www.reference-global.de as an eBook “open access”. Second volume published in the new series of the Excellence Cluster Topoi Topical theme - the representation and perception of Babylon Part of the open access pilot project In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the "culture of knowledge". The volume is the result of a conference that took place on the occasion of the exhibition Babylon - Truth and Myth in Berlin. For the contemporary cultures of the Ancient World, Babylon was the epitome of learned scholarship. Yet in the processes of transformation of Late and post-Antiquity, to the same extent to which this culture of knowledge was forgotten after the collapse of the old oriental empires, Babylon became symbolic for the occult, for magic and esoteric knowledge. As the first joint pilot project by Topoi and the publisher De Gruyter for the simultaneous publication in print and open access, this volume will, on publication, also be available via www.reference-global.de as an eBook "open access".-- Provided by publisher Main description: In this collection of interdisciplinary papers, for the first time well-known scholars of Ancient Near Eastern Studies discuss Babylon from the point of view of the 0culture of knowledge0. The volume is the result of a conference that took place on the occasion of the exhibition Babylon – Truth and Myth in Berlin. For the contemporary cultures of the Ancient World, Babylon was the epitome of learned scholarship. Yet in the processes of transformation of Late and post-Antiquity, to the same extent to which this culture of knowledge was forgotten after the collapse of the old oriental empires, Babylon became symbolic for the occult, for magic and esoteric knowledge. As the first joint pilot project by Topoi and the publisher De Gruyter for the simultaneous publication in print and open access, this volume will, on publication, also be available via www.reference-global.de as an eBook 0open access0 In diesem interdisziplinären Sammelband, der aus einer Tagung anläßlich der Berliner Ausstellung Babylon - Wahrheit und Mythos hervorgeht, diskutieren international renommierte Wissenschaftler aus den Altertumswissenschaften erstmals unter dem Fokus "Wissenskultur": Für die zeitgenössischen Kulturen der Alten Welt galt Babylon als Inbegriff von Gelehrsamkeit, in den Transformationsprozessen der Spät- und Nachantike hingegen wurde es in dem Maße, wie diese Wissenskultur nach dem Untergang der altorientalischen Reiche in Vergessenheit geriet, zum Sinnbild für Okkultismus, Magie und esoterisches Wissen. Als erstes gemeinsames Pilotprojekt von Topoi und dem Verlag De Gruyter für die zeitgleiche Publikation in Print und Open Access wird dieser Band bei Erscheinen über die Website www.reference-global.de auch als eBook "open access" verfügbar sein.-- Provided by publisher Main description: In diesem interdisziplinären Sammelband, der aus einer Tagung anläßlich der Berliner Ausstellung Babylon - Wahrheit und Mythos hervorgeht, diskutieren international renommierteWissenschaftler aus den Altertumswissenschaftenerstmals unter dem Fokus „Wissenskultur0: Für die zeitgenössischen Kulturen der Alten Welt galt Babylon als Inbegriff von Gelehrsamkeit, in den Transformationsprozessen der Spät- und Nachantike hingegen wurde es in dem Maße, wie diese Wissenskultur nach dem Untergang der altorientalischen Reiche in Vergessenheit geriet, zum Sinnbild für Okkultismus, Magie und esoterisches Wissen. Als erstes gemeinsames Pilotprojekt von Topoi und dem Verlag De Gruyter für die zeitgleiche Publikation in Print und Open Access wird dieser Band bei Erscheinen über die Website www.reference-global.de auch als eBook „open access0 verfügbar sein In This Collection For The First Time Well-known Scholars Discuss Babylon From The Point Of View Of The “culture Of Knowledge”. The Volume Is The Result Of A Conference That Took Place On The Occasion Of The Exhibition Babylon – Truth And Myth In Berlin. As The First Joint Pilot Project By Topoi And The Publisher De Gruyter For The Simultaneous Publication In Print And Open Access, This Volume Is Also Available As An Ebook “open Access”. Herausgegeben Von Eva Cancik-kirschbaum, Margarete Van Ess, Joachim Marzahn. Papers Persented At A Conference That Took Place On The Occasion Of The Exhibition Babylon : Myth And Truth Held In Berlin In 2008. Includes Bibliographical References. In German, With One French And Ten English Contributions. Biographical note: Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Freie Universität Berlin; Joachim Marzahn, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin;Margarete van Ess, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, Berlin