Neo-Assyrian and Greek Divination in War : Ancient Warfare Series Volume 3 /
Neo-Assyrian and Greek Divination in War focuses on all divinatory practices which were used in the ancient Near East and Greece in time of war. Divination was a practical way of discovering the will of the gods, and enabled human contact with the divine. Divinatory practices were crucial to decisio...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2021.
Series:
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ;
118.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441019.
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Call Number: D58
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Divination
- 2 Warfare
- 3 Influence
- 4 Step by Step
- 1 Religion and War
- 1 Ritualization of War in Mesopotamia
- 2 The Phenomenon of War in the Greek World
- 2 Divination in Mesopotamia
- 1 The Third Millennium
- 2 Old Babylonian Period and Mari
- 3 Divination as a Divine Gift. The Enmeduranki Tradition
- 4 The Role of the Gods Shamash and Adad
- 5 Protective Action against Dangerous Signs. Namburbi Ritual
- 6 The God Enki/Ea
- 7 Diviners (between Gods and Humanity)
- 3 Greek Divination
- 1 Greek Heritage
- 2 Sacrifices
- 3 The Greek Diviners - Manteis. The Meaning of the Term
- 4 The Role of Mantis during Military Campaigns
- 5 Diviner or King?
- 4 Varieties of Divination
- 1 Extispicy
- 2 Celestial Divination
- 3 Natural Catastrophes
- 4 Terrestrial Omens. Animals
- 5 Divination by Images. Statues
- 6 Teratological (Unusual) Births
- 7 Dreams
- 8 Augury
- 9 Cledonomancy and Φήμη
- 10 Omens from Names
- 11 Prophecy and Oracles
- 12 Necromancy
- 13 Favorable and Unfavorable Days
- 5 Mesopotamian Influence on Greek Divination
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- General Index.