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1 online resource (xiii, 436 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde,
1616-0452 ;
Bd. 286
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 286.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
section 1. Language as a feature of a scientific discipline -- Gegenstand und Methode : sprachliche Erkenntnistechniken in der keilschriftlichen Überlieferung Mesopotamiens / Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum -- Das Verhältnis von medizinischer Prognose zur religiösen Divinatorik/Mantik in Griechenland / Jochen Althoff -- Präzision in der Prognose, oder, Divination als Wissenschaft / Joachim-Friedrich Quack -- Zur Rolle des Fachwortschatzes in der Naturalis Historia des Älteren Plinius / Thorsten Fögen -- section 2. Translation of ancient scholars -- Translating the Phainomena across genre, language, and culture / Liba Taub -- Translating the fundamentals of the course of the stars / Alexandra von Lieven -- section 3. Problems of translating ancient medical texts and possible solutions -- Von Impotenz und Migräne : eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Übersetzungen des Papyrus Ebers / Tanja Pommerening -- Zum Problem der kulturellen Gebundenheit bei der Übersetzung von medizinischen Keilschrifttexten / Nils P. Heessel -- The lamp and the mirror, or, Some comments on the ancient understanding of Mesopotamian medical manuscripts / Martin Worthington -- Zur Neuedition des hieratisch-demotischen Papyrus Wien D 6257 aus römischer Zeit / Friedhelm Hoffmann -- A recipe for a headache : translating and interpreting ancient Greek and Roman remedies / Laurence M.V. Totelin. |
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section 4. Problems and methods in translating astronomical-astrological text -- Ancient Egyptian star tables : a reinterpretation of their fundamental structure / Leo Depuydt -- Methods for understanding and reconstructing Babylonian predicting rules / Lis Brack-Bernsen -- Problems in translating ancient Greek astrological texts / Stephan Heilen -- section 5. Ways to express ancient mathematical concepts in modern language -- From the cave into reality : mathematics and cultures / Annette Imhausen -- Translating rational-practice texts / Jim Ritter -- How to transfer the conceptual structure of Old Babylonian mathematics : solutions and inherent problems : with an Italian parallel / Jens Høyrup. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Text in English and German. |
Subject |
Science, Ancient -- History -- Sources.
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Science, Ancient. |
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History. |
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Sources.
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Scientific literature -- Middle East -- History and criticism.
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Scientific literature. |
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Middle East. |
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Scientific literature -- Rome -- History and criticism.
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Scientific literature -- Greece -- History and criticism.
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Greece. |
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Scientific literature -- Translating.
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Scientific literature -- Translating. |
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Translating and interpreting -- Philosophy.
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Translating and interpreting -- Philosophy. |
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Learning and scholarship -- History -- To 1500.
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Learning and scholarship. |
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To 1500 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Added Author |
Imhausen, Annette.
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Pommerening, Tanja.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010 9783110229929 (DLC) 2010040031 (OCoLC)669160735 |
ISBN |
9783110229936 (electronic book) |
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3110229935 (electronic book) |
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9783110229929 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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3110229927 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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