Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts /
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
c2010.
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ;
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Call Number: Q124.95 .W7 2010
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| 020 | |a 9783110229929 | ||
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| 050 | 4 | |a Q124.95 .W7 2010 | |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : |b translating ancient scientific texts / |c edited by Annette Imhausen and Tanja Pommerening. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Berlin ; |a New York : |b De Gruyter, |c c2010. | |
| 300 | |a xiii, 436 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; |v 286. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a •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 •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. | |
| 546 | |a Text in English and German. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Science, Ancient -- History -- Sources. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Scientific literature -- Middle East -- History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Scientific literature -- Translating. Translating and interpreting -- Philosophy. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Imhausen, Annette. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Pommerening, Tanja. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |2 lcc |c BK | ||