The theoretical and methodological approaches of Cultural and Social Anthropology have long since... more The theoretical and methodological approaches of Cultural and Social Anthropology have long since become indispensable for the study of classical antiquity, so much so that we can speak of a Historical Anthropology of the Ancient World. On the contrary, the dialogue between historians and philologists on the one hand and anthropologists, on the other hand, has been less developed concerning the cultures of the ancient Near East. There are several reasons for this lack of dialogue, the most important of which is the fact that the multilingual cuneiform textual corpus is still largely unpublished and characterized by philological difficulties that make it inaccessible to non-specialists. This volume aims, therefore, to contribute to enriching the debate and discussion between anthropologists and scholars of the ancient Near East. It includes contributions that cover a broad chronological spectrum, from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BC, and concern the cultures of ancient Mesopotamia from both Sumerian and Akkadian sources. Among the analyzed topics are: the relationship between mythology and royal ideology and the capacity of words to act in the ritual context in the Sumerian world; the interconnection between the divine, human and natural worlds in Mesopotamian religious thought read in the light of the debate on Ecological Anthropology and the "ontological turn"; ritual as a means of communication between the human and extra-human worlds (ritual for the activation of the cult statue, offerings, and sacrifices); the nature of demons; the materiality of religious practices; the Near Eastern vision of the past and wisdom.
Die Festschrift kullat ṭupšarrūti („Gesamtheit der Schreibkunst“) ehrt das vielfältige inhaltsrei... more Die Festschrift kullat ṭupšarrūti („Gesamtheit der Schreibkunst“) ehrt das vielfältige inhaltsreiche Schaffen des Assyriologen Stefan M. Maul anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstags. Sie enthält 42 Beiträge von Schülern und Weggefährten. Zahlreiche Artikel knüpfen an die großen Forschungsthemen des Jubilars an: Emesal-Texte, Rituale und Gebete, Omenkunde, Gilgameš sowie Assur, Ninive und Assyrien. Weitere assyriologische Beiträge behandeln unter anderem Aspekte der Lexikographie, Medizin, Religionsgeschichte sowie der Geschichte Mesopotamiens und der Keilschrift. Einige Studien zur Semitistik, Ägyptologie, Vorderasiatischen Archäologie und zur Hebräischen Bibel setzen zudem die Keilschriftquellen in einen größeren philologischen und kulturhistorischen Kontext.
The theoretical and methodological approaches of Cultural and Social Anthropology have long since... more The theoretical and methodological approaches of Cultural and Social Anthropology have long since become indispensable for the study of classical antiquity, so much so that we can speak of a Historical Anthropology of the Ancient World. On the contrary, the dialogue between historians and philologists on the one hand and anthropologists, on the other hand, has been less developed concerning the cultures of the ancient Near East. There are several reasons for this lack of dialogue, the most important of which is the fact that the multilingual cuneiform textual corpus is still largely unpublished and characterized by philological difficulties that make it inaccessible to non-specialists. This volume aims, therefore, to contribute to enriching the debate and discussion between anthropologists and scholars of the ancient Near East. It includes contributions that cover a broad chronological spectrum, from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BC, and concern the cultures of ancient Mesopotamia from both Sumerian and Akkadian sources. Among the analyzed topics are: the relationship between mythology and royal ideology and the capacity of words to act in the ritual context in the Sumerian world; the interconnection between the divine, human and natural worlds in Mesopotamian religious thought read in the light of the debate on Ecological Anthropology and the "ontological turn"; ritual as a means of communication between the human and extra-human worlds (ritual for the activation of the cult statue, offerings, and sacrifices); the nature of demons; the materiality of religious practices; the Near Eastern vision of the past and wisdom.
Die Festschrift kullat ṭupšarrūti („Gesamtheit der Schreibkunst“) ehrt das vielfältige inhaltsrei... more Die Festschrift kullat ṭupšarrūti („Gesamtheit der Schreibkunst“) ehrt das vielfältige inhaltsreiche Schaffen des Assyriologen Stefan M. Maul anlässlich seines 65. Geburtstags. Sie enthält 42 Beiträge von Schülern und Weggefährten. Zahlreiche Artikel knüpfen an die großen Forschungsthemen des Jubilars an: Emesal-Texte, Rituale und Gebete, Omenkunde, Gilgameš sowie Assur, Ninive und Assyrien. Weitere assyriologische Beiträge behandeln unter anderem Aspekte der Lexikographie, Medizin, Religionsgeschichte sowie der Geschichte Mesopotamiens und der Keilschrift. Einige Studien zur Semitistik, Ägyptologie, Vorderasiatischen Archäologie und zur Hebräischen Bibel setzen zudem die Keilschriftquellen in einen größeren philologischen und kulturhistorischen Kontext.
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On the contrary, the dialogue between historians and philologists on the one hand and anthropologists, on the other hand, has been less developed concerning the cultures of the ancient Near East. There are several reasons for this lack of dialogue, the most important of which is the fact that the multilingual cuneiform textual corpus is still largely unpublished and characterized by philological difficulties that make it inaccessible to non-specialists. This volume aims, therefore, to contribute to enriching the debate and discussion between anthropologists and scholars of the ancient Near East. It includes contributions that cover a broad chronological spectrum, from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BC, and concern the cultures of ancient Mesopotamia from both Sumerian and Akkadian sources. Among the analyzed topics are: the relationship between mythology and royal ideology and the capacity of words to act in the ritual context in the Sumerian world; the interconnection between the divine, human and natural worlds in Mesopotamian religious thought read in the light of the debate on Ecological Anthropology and the "ontological turn"; ritual as a means of communication between the human and extra-human worlds (ritual for the activation of the cult statue, offerings, and sacrifices); the nature of demons; the materiality of religious practices; the Near Eastern vision of the past and wisdom.
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On the contrary, the dialogue between historians and philologists on the one hand and anthropologists, on the other hand, has been less developed concerning the cultures of the ancient Near East. There are several reasons for this lack of dialogue, the most important of which is the fact that the multilingual cuneiform textual corpus is still largely unpublished and characterized by philological difficulties that make it inaccessible to non-specialists. This volume aims, therefore, to contribute to enriching the debate and discussion between anthropologists and scholars of the ancient Near East. It includes contributions that cover a broad chronological spectrum, from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BC, and concern the cultures of ancient Mesopotamia from both Sumerian and Akkadian sources. Among the analyzed topics are: the relationship between mythology and royal ideology and the capacity of words to act in the ritual context in the Sumerian world; the interconnection between the divine, human and natural worlds in Mesopotamian religious thought read in the light of the debate on Ecological Anthropology and the "ontological turn"; ritual as a means of communication between the human and extra-human worlds (ritual for the activation of the cult statue, offerings, and sacrifices); the nature of demons; the materiality of religious practices; the Near Eastern vision of the past and wisdom.
https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/kullat_tupsarruti/titel_7404.ahtml