The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

Schools of Oriental Studies and the Development of Modern Historiography

Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium
of the Melammu Project
Held in Ravenna, Italy, October 13-17, 2001

Edited by A. Panaino and A. Piras

The cover of Melammu Symposia 4: Schools of Oriental Studies and the Development of Modern Historiography

Information - Table of contents - Program

	Symposium Program
	Saturday, October 13

09:30	Opening of the Symposium
10:30-13:00	Papers (Chair: T. Abusch)
	A. Panaino: "Meaning and Perspectives of the Melammu-Project"
	S. Parpola: "Back to Delitzsch and Jeremias: The relevance of the Pan-Babylonian School to the Melammu Project"
	K. Karttunen: "The Rise of Oriental Scholarship in the Early 19th Century"
15:00-19:00	Papers (Chair: S. Parpola)
	Y. Stoyanov: "On Some Trends and Paradoxes in the Development of Modern Historiography and Oriental Studies in Eastern Europe"
	P. Steinkeller: "Mythical Realities in the Early History of Babylonia: Thoughts about the Modern Study of Ancient Mesopotamian History"
	Ph. Talon: "God as One, One as God: The Question of Unity and Multiplicity in ANE Historiography"

10:00-13:00	General Meeting of the Melammu Project (Chair: S. Parpola)
	Election of the New Steering Committee
15:00-19:00	Papers (Chair: W. Burkert)
	I. Grünwald: "Judaic Studies and the Question of Understanding Judaism as a Religion in the Ancient World: Achievements and Desiderata"
	J. Hämeen-Anttila: "Between Enthusiasm and Rebuttal"
	G. P. Basello: "Elam between Assyriology and Iranian Studies"

09:00-13:00	Papers (Chair: I. Grünwald)
	S. M. Chiodi: "Eracle tra Oriente e Occidente"
	S. de Meis: "A Modern Approach to Assyrian-Babylonian Astronomy"
	G. Bezza: "The Question of the Origin of Astrology"
15:00-19:00	Papers (Chair: R. N. Frye)
	C. Janssen: "From a Symphony of Descriptive Patterns to a Rhapsody in Blue: Approaches of Pre-Islamic Poetry"
	M. Mazza: "In soccorso di Ludwig Mittheis: diritto locale e Reichsrecht nell'Oriente romano. Il caso di Babatha"
	B. A. Levine: "The Jewish Ketubbah (Marriage Contract) of the Roman Period: its Mesopotamian Background"
20:30	Terme di Riolo Bagni: Gala Dinner

09:00-13:00	Papers (Chair: R. Rollinger)
	W. Burkert: "Gyges to Croesus between Herodotus and Cuneiform"
	E. Naby Frye: "King Lists and Archaeological Evidence: al-Biruni as Assyrian Empire Historian"
	A. Carile: "Political Though in Byzantium as seen by 20th Century Historians"
	J. G. Westenholz: "The Good Shepherd, an Image of Insipration in History"
13:00	Conclusion of the Symposium and Greetings