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Hellenistic Astronomy : The Science in Its Contexts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Companions to Classical StudiesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (783 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004400566
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hellenistic AstronomyDDC classification:
  • 520.938
LOC classification:
  • QB21 .H455 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎A. Technical Requirements -- ‎B. Observations, Instruments, and Issues -- ‎C. Contexts -- ‎Astronomy and Astrology -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Figures, Plates, and Tables -- ‎Figures -- ‎Plates -- ‎Tables -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎List of Contributors -- ‎Chapter 0. Prolegomena to the Study of Hellenistic Astronomy (Bowen and Rochberg) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Why "Hellenistic"? -- ‎3. Hellenistic Astronomy as a Subject -- ‎4. The Geo-cultural Reach of Hellenistic Astronomy -- ‎5. The Challenge of Contextualization -- ‎6. Conclusion -- ‎Part A. Technical Requirements -- ‎Chapter 1. The Celestial Sphere (Montelle) -- ‎Chapter 2. Methods of Reckoning Time (Hannah) -- ‎Quantitative Tools -- ‎Theory of the Sun, Moon, and Planets -- ‎Part B. Observations, Instruments, and Issues -- ‎Observational Foundations -- ‎Astronomical Instruments -- ‎Thematic Questions -- ‎Part C. Contexts -- ‎Chapter 8. The Professional Ἀϲτρολόγοϲ (Hübner) -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in Public Service -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in Literature -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in the Training and Work of Priests -- ‎Astral Divination and Natal Astrology -- ‎Theological Contexts -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in the Philosophical Schools -- ‎Historical Glossary of Important Terms in Hellenistic Astronomy -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Primary Sources -- ‎Secondary Sources -- ‎Index of Passages -- ‎Akkadian -- ‎Aramaic -- ‎Coptic -- ‎Egyptian -- ‎Ethiopian (Geʿez): see also 4Q208-211 in the Qumran passages below -- ‎Greek -- ‎Hebrew -- ‎Latin -- ‎Mandaean -- ‎Qumran -- ‎Syriac -- ‎Index of Names -- ‎Premodern -- ‎Modern -- ‎Index of Subjects -- ‎Akkadian -- ‎Coptic -- ‎Demotic -- ‎Egyptian -- ‎Greek -- ‎Mandaean -- ‎General.
Summary: In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, renowned scholars address questions about what the ancient science of the heavens was and the numerous contexts in which it was pursued.
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Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface -- ‎A. Technical Requirements -- ‎B. Observations, Instruments, and Issues -- ‎C. Contexts -- ‎Astronomy and Astrology -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Figures, Plates, and Tables -- ‎Figures -- ‎Plates -- ‎Tables -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎List of Contributors -- ‎Chapter 0. Prolegomena to the Study of Hellenistic Astronomy (Bowen and Rochberg) -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. Why "Hellenistic"? -- ‎3. Hellenistic Astronomy as a Subject -- ‎4. The Geo-cultural Reach of Hellenistic Astronomy -- ‎5. The Challenge of Contextualization -- ‎6. Conclusion -- ‎Part A. Technical Requirements -- ‎Chapter 1. The Celestial Sphere (Montelle) -- ‎Chapter 2. Methods of Reckoning Time (Hannah) -- ‎Quantitative Tools -- ‎Theory of the Sun, Moon, and Planets -- ‎Part B. Observations, Instruments, and Issues -- ‎Observational Foundations -- ‎Astronomical Instruments -- ‎Thematic Questions -- ‎Part C. Contexts -- ‎Chapter 8. The Professional Ἀϲτρολόγοϲ (Hübner) -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in Public Service -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in Literature -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in the Training and Work of Priests -- ‎Astral Divination and Natal Astrology -- ‎Theological Contexts -- ‎Hellenistic Astronomy in the Philosophical Schools -- ‎Historical Glossary of Important Terms in Hellenistic Astronomy -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Primary Sources -- ‎Secondary Sources -- ‎Index of Passages -- ‎Akkadian -- ‎Aramaic -- ‎Coptic -- ‎Egyptian -- ‎Ethiopian (Geʿez): see also 4Q208-211 in the Qumran passages below -- ‎Greek -- ‎Hebrew -- ‎Latin -- ‎Mandaean -- ‎Qumran -- ‎Syriac -- ‎Index of Names -- ‎Premodern -- ‎Modern -- ‎Index of Subjects -- ‎Akkadian -- ‎Coptic -- ‎Demotic -- ‎Egyptian -- ‎Greek -- ‎Mandaean -- ‎General.

In Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science in Its Contexts, renowned scholars address questions about what the ancient science of the heavens was and the numerous contexts in which it was pursued.

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