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020			_a9780511863233 (ebook)
020			_z9781107010758 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBL613 _b.R37 2013
082	0	0	_a292.3/2 _223
100	1		_aRaphals, Lisa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDivination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece / _cLisa Raphals.
246	3		_aDivination & Prediction in Early China & Ancient Greece
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (496 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDivination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who consulted it? What kind of questions did they ask, and what methods were used to answer those questions? As well as these practical aspects, Lisa Raphals also examines divination as a subject of rhetorical and political narratives, and its role in the development of systematic philosophical and scientific inquiry. She explores too the important similarities, differences and synergies between Greek and Chinese divinatory systems, providing important comparative evidence to reassess Greek oracular divination.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107010758
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511863233
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37712 _d37712