Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts /

Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts /

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Other Authors: Imhausen, Annette., Pommerening, Tanja.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2010.

Series: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; 286.

Subjects:

Science, Ancient > History > Sources.
Scientific literature > Middle East > History and criticism.
Scientific literature > Translating. Translating and interpreting > Philosophy.

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Call Number: Q124.95 .W7 2010

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Table of 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 •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.