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| Foreword | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | The Astronomer-Astrologers - the Scholars | 33 |
| 1.1 | Familial and Ancestral Relationships | 36 |
| 1.2 | The Locations of the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Scholars | 39 |
| 1.3 | The Scholars' Relationship to the King | 42 |
| 1.4 | Scholarly Interrelationships | 48 |
| Ch. 2 | The Planets and their Ominous Phenomena c. 750-612 B.C. - Names and Terms | 53 |
| 2.1 | The Planet-Names in Cuneiform, c. 750-612 B.C. | 54 |
| 2.1.1 | Discussion of the Associations between the Planets and their Names | 63 |
| 2.1.2 | "Learned" Associations and Interpreting Chart 2.1 | 75 |
| 2.2 | The Ominous Phenomena and Configurations | 81 |
| 2.2.1 | A Description of the Celestial Phenomena Afforded by Planets | 81 |
| 2.2.2 | From c. 750 to 612 B.C. the following Planetary Phenomena were Ominous | 85 |
| 2.2.3 | Comments and Comparisons with the Uninterpreted Observational Records | 93 |
| Ch. 3 | Celestial Divination - The Enuma Anu Ellil (EAE) Paradigm | 105 |
| 3.1 | Defining the Paradigm | 107 |
| 3.1.1 | Omens | 108 |
| 3.1.2 | Period Schemes | 113 |
| 3.1.3 | Observational Texts | 122 |
| 3.1.4 | Other Related Material | 124 |
| 3.2 | Making the Heavens Interpretable with the EAE Paradigm | 126 |
| 3.2.1 | The Rules of Omen Invention | 126 |
| 3.2.2 | The EAE Paradigm Code | 139 |
| 3.2.3 | Categorising the Universe - Variable Reducing and Anomaly Producing | 153 |
| 3.3 | Reflections on the EAE Paradigm - Canonisation | 156 |
| Ch. 4 | The Prediction of Celestial Phenomena (PCP) Paradigm | 161 |
| 4.1 | Defining the Paradigm | 162 |
| 4.1.1 | What Phenomena were Predicted by the MAATs and the NMAATs? | 163 |
| 4.1.2 | How were the Predictions Made? | 173 |
| 4.2 | Evidence for the use of the PCP Paradigm between c. 750 and 612 B.C. | 189 |
| 4.2.1 | Accurate Records of Phenomena | 190 |
| 4.2.2 | Knowledge of Characteristic Planetary Periods | 193 |
| 4.2.3 | Calendar Regulation | 195 |
| 4.2.4 | Pre-612 B.C. Predictions of Celestial Phenomena | 197 |
| Ch. 5 | A Revolution of Wisdom | 209 |
| 5.1 | From the EAE Paradigm of the PCP Paradigm | 209 |
| 5.1.1 | Internal Considerations | 211 |
| 5.1.2 | External Considerations | 219 |
| 5.1.3 | Philosophical Considerations | 227 |
| 5.2 | Conclusions | 239 |
| App. 1 | A Chronological Bibliography of Cuneiform Astrological-Astronomical Texts | 245 |
| App. 2: Comments on the Dating of the Letters and Reports | 265 | |
| App. 3 | An Analysis of the Published EAE Planetary Omens | 279 |
| Bibliography | 287 | |
| Indices | 305 |
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Adam Hiltebeitel
reviewed Mesopotamian Planetary Astronomy-Astrology on December 31, 2012
Mesopotamian Planetary Astronomy-Astrology
I found this book interesting but very repetitive.
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