Laws of heaven, laws of nature : legal interpretations of cosmic phenomena in the ancient world = Himmelsgesetze, Naturgesetze : rechtsförmige Interpretationen kosmischer Phänomene in der antiken Welt / Konrad Schmid, Christoph Uehlinger (eds.).
International conference proceedings. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Indices. From "heaven" to "nature" : some afterthoughts / Christoph Uehlinger -- Where were the laws of nature before there was nature? / Francesca Rochberg -- All about rainbows / Wayne Horowitz -- Naturgesetze und göttliche Justiz in Ägypten : zwei Pole einer Betrachtung / Franziska Naether -- Law and creation in the priestly-holiness writings of the Pentateuch / David P. Wright -- Creation and divination in Isaiah 2 :1-4 / Jeffrey L. Cooley -- "Beobachtet alle Werke am Himmel, wie sie nicht ihre Wege ändern ..." : Astronomie versus Anomie in der frühjüdischen Henoch-Tradition / Matthias AIbani -- Messende und mathematisierende Astronomie im Altertum / Jörg Hüfner -- From "heaven" to "nature" : some afterthoughts / Christoph Uehlinger -- Contributors, Verfasserinnen und Herausgeber -- Indices.
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