Between Greece and Babylonia: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author:   Kathryn Stevens (University of Durham)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108419550


Pages:   454
Publication Date:   23 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kathryn Stevens (University of Durham)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9781108419550


ISBN 10:   1108419550
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   23 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. In search of Hellenistic intellectual history; 2. The study of the heavens; 3. Berossus and the Graeco-Babyloniaca; 4. Alexandria: the missing link?; 5. Kings and scholars; 6. New horizons: Hellenistic intellectual geographies; 7. From Šulgi to Seleucus: Hellenistic local histories; 8. Epilogue: towards a new Hellenistic intellectual history.

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'Genuinely innovative books are rare: Between Greece and Babylon: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective is such a work, and the subtitle accurately describes the book's goal. An important work that belongs in all university libraries.' S. M. Burstein, Choice


'Genuinely innovative books are rare: Between Greece and Babylon: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective is such a work, and the subtitle accurately describes the book's goal. An important work that belongs in all university libraries.' S. M. Burstein, Choice 'Genuinely innovative books are rare: Between Greece and Babylon: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective is such a work, and the subtitle accurately describes the book's goal. An important work that belongs in all university libraries.' S. M. Burstein, Choice


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Kathryn Stevens is Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at University of Durham. Her main research interests are in Greek and Mesopotamian cultural and intellectual history, with a particular focus on the Hellenistic period. She has published articles on Greek geography, Seleucid kingship, ancient libraries and localism in the Hellenistic world, and is currently co-editing the first collected volume on the Astronomical Diaries from Babylon, entitled Keeping Watch in Babylon: The Astronomical Diaries in Context (forthcoming, with J. Haubold and J. Steele).

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