Chapter Encyclopaedias and Commentaries
Overview & Synopsis
This paper looks at how empirical knowledge was assembled and interpreted in Babylonian academies and investigates two Neo-Assyrian plant lists: KADP 2 and KADP 4. These two lists are not simple collections of scholastic information but represent examples of theoretical botany and pharmacology. It is suggested that KADP 4 is a kind of proto-commentary, in which glosses represent key-words for hermeneutical elaborations. The paper concludes with an annotated transliteration and translation of KADP 4.
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Document Information
| Document Title | Chapter Encyclopaedias and Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Author / Organization | Markham, J. Geller |
| Subject & Discipline | early scientific thought |
| Categories | Humanities & Social Sciences |
| Publication Year | 2019 |
| License / Rights | Open Access / Creative Commons |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
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OAPEN Library
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-97727 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on www.oapen.org » |