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Title

Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts / edited by Annette Imhausen and Tanja Pommerening.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Imhausen, Annette.
• Pommerening, Tanja.
• Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums (2009 : Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Description

xiii, 436 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 1616-0452 ; Bd. 286

Uniform Title

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 286.

Subjects

• Translating and interpreting > Philosophy > Congresses
• Science, Ancient > History > Sources > Congresses
• Scientific literature > Translating > Congresses
• Learning and scholarship > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Scientific literature > Greece > History and criticism > Congresses
• Scientific literature > Middle East > History and criticism > Congresses
• Scientific literature > Rome > History and criticism > Congresses

Note

• Includes revised papers presented at the symposium Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums, held at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, July 27-29, 2009.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in English and German.

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. Translations 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 -- Rechts oder links : wörtlich oder dem Sinn nach? 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.

Call Number

JFE 15-423

ISBN

• 9783110229929 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
• 3110229927 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
• 9783110229936 (electonic)
• 3110229935 (electonic)

LCCN

2010040031

OCLC

669160735

Title

Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece : translating ancient scientific texts / edited by Annette Imhausen and Tanja Pommerening.

Imprint

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2010.

Series

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 1616-0452 ; Bd. 286

Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 286.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Text in English and German.

Added Author

Imhausen, Annette.

Pommerening, Tanja.

Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums (2009 : Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)

Research Call Number

JFE 15-423