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.

Thunders, Haloes and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination / Lucia Raggetti. - STAMPA. - 14:(2018), pp. 421-445. [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.
2018
Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic. Studies in Honor of Markham J. Geller
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445
Thunders, Haloes and Earthquakes: What Daniel Brought from Babylon into Arabic Divination / Lucia Raggetti. - STAMPA. - 14:(2018), pp. 421-445. [10.1163/9789004368088_021]
Lucia Raggetti
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