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Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece translating ancient scientific texts / edited by Annette Imhausen and Tanja Pommerening.
| Other author | Imhausen, Annette. |
| Other author | Pommerening, Tanja. |
| Other author | Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums (2009 : Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, |
| Description | xiii, 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 1616-0452 ; Bd. 286 Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Bd. 286. ^A284186 |
| 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 -- |
| Contents | 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. |
| General 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Text in English and German. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010040031 |
| ISBN | 9783110229929 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 3110229927 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9783110229936 (electonic) |
| ISBN | 3110229935 (electonic) |
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