Mythology and Mythologies
Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences
Proceedings of the Second Symposium
of the Melammu Project
Held in Paris, France, October 4-7, 1999
Edited by R.M. Whiting
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Table of contents
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Program
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Symposium Program |
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Monday, October 4 |
| 08:30 |
Registration |
| 09:00 |
Opening of the Symposium |
| 09:15-13:15 |
Papers (Chair: R. Contini) |
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T. Abusch: "The Epic of Gilgamesh" |
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P. Talon: "Enuma Eliš and the Transmission of Babylonian Cosmology to the West" |
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J. Lawson: "Mesopotamian Precursors to the Stoic Concept of Logos" |
| 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 15:30-18:00 |
Papers (Chair: K. Raaflaub) |
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R. Rollinger: "The Ancient Greeks and the Impact of the Ancient Near East: Textual Evidence and Historical Evidence" |
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B. Pongratz-Leisten: "The 'Antagonistic World View' of Mythology and its Sitz im Leben in Ancient Mesopotamia and Greece" |
| 19:00 |
Reception Hosted by the Institut finlandais |
| 09:00-12:00 |
Papers (Chair: J. Westenholz) |
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A. Harrak: "Tales About Sennacherib: The Contribution of the Syriac Sources" |
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E. Odisho: "The Ethnic, Cultural and Linguistic Identity of Modern Assyrians" |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-18:00 |
Steering Committee Meeting (Chair: S. Parpola) |
| 09:00-13:00 |
Papers (Chair: P. Talon) |
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C. Grottanelli: "Combabos, Absalom and the Epic of Gilgamesh" |
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I. Gruenwald: "Dining with the Gods: the Intercultural Nexus" |
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M. Weinfeld: "The Roots of the Messianic Idea" |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 15:00-18:00 |
Papers (Chair: I. Gruenwald) |
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A. Panaino: "Some Remarks About the Unicorn in Mesopotamia, India and Iran" |
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J. Hãmeen-Anttila: "Descent and Ascent in Islamic Myth" |
| 19:00 |
Dinner at Restaurant Salut l'Artist, 22 rue Cujas |
| 09:00-11:30 |
Papers (Chair: E. Odisho) |
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S. Parpola: "Mesopotamian Precursors of the Gnostic Hymn of the Pearl" |
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C. Müller-Kessler: "The Late Babylonian Influences on the Mandaic Incantations an Related Texts" |
| 11:45-13:00 |
General Meeting and Conclusion of the Symposium (Chair: R. Whiting) |
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