{"product_id":"scientific-traditions-in-the-ancient-sofie-schidt-9781479823130","title":"Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East: Joint Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd Scientific Papyri from Ancient Egypt Internatio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComparative insights on astronomy, divination, and medicine from ancient texts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eScientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East \u003c\/i\u003epresents a collection of articles by leading scholars on scientific practices in the ancient world, with emphasis on the fields of medicine, astronomy, astrology, and other forms of divination. The essays engage with a wide variety of textual sources in many different languages and scripts from Egypt and the Near East spanning more than a millennium, including some texts that are edited and discussed here for the first time. The contributors to this volume were tasked with approaching their texts not only as specialists, but also from a cross-cultural perspective, and the resulting body of work reveals new and exciting evidence for the transfer of scientific knowledge across cultural borders in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book will be of interest primarily to specialists in the history of medicine, science, divination, and magic, as well as to papyrologists, Egyptologists, and Assyriologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sofie Schit, Amber Jacob, Kim Ryholt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479823139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479823130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.60w x 1.40d","brand":"Sofie Schit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44311518085375,"sku":"9781479823130","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_089375f0-892c-4806-b830-8be97fc28615.jpg?v=1695723208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scientific-traditions-in-the-ancient-sofie-schidt-9781479823130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}