The main topic of this paper is the genre of the Malhama (astrological almanac of prognostics), which represents an interesting case in the transmission of knowledge in the premodern world where an artfully constructed authorship (the prophet Daniel) plays an important role.
Lucia Raggetti (2018). Thunders, Haloes and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination. Leiden : Brill [10.1163/9789004368088_021].
Thunders, Haloes and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination
RAGGETTI, LUCIA
2018
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The main topic of this paper is the genre of the Malhama (astrological almanac of prognostics), which represents an interesting case in the transmission of knowledge in the premodern world where an artfully constructed authorship (the prophet Daniel) plays an important role.File in questo prodotto:
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