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The Book of the Chaldeans (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Horoscopes
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05.01.10 Astronomical and astrological texts
05.01.10.11 Horoscopes
Nabû/Ninurta (Mercury)
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.06 Seven planetary gods
01.04.03.06.06 Nabû/Ninurta (Mercury)

Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens

Period
3rd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Christian-Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
Bardesanes, Book of the Laws of Countries:
It is written in the Book of the Chaldeans, that when Mercury stands with Venus in the house of Mercury, this gives rise to sculptors, painters and money-changers, but that when they stand in the house of Venus they produce perfumers, dancers, singers and poets.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Bardesanes, Book of the Laws of Countries

Bibliography

Drijvers 1965, 50-51

Drijvers, Han J. W. The Book of the Laws of Countries. Dialogue on Fate of Bardaiṣan of Edessa. Semitic Texts with Translations 4. Assen: Van Gorcum & Comp 1965.

Amar Annus

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