03812nam a2200565Ki 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040002700111020003500138020003200173020001800205020001500223035002100238035001800259043002100277050002300298072002500321072002500346082001600371084002300387100003000410245008100440264005200521300002300573336002600596337002600622338003600648520079400684520049301478504005101971505027102022588004702293650002302340650002402363650004002387650004202427651003702469651003802506650007402544650005002618655002202668776015802690856010502848856009002953856009403043856010903137ocn862077079OCoLC20200709055900.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu131104s2013    enk     ob    001 0 eng d  aN$TbengerdaepncN$T  a9781461950431 (electronic bk.)  a1461950430 (electronic bk.)  z9781107010758  z1107010756  a(OCoLC)862077079  a604621b(N$T)  aa-cc---ae-gr--- 4aBL613b.R37 2013eb 7aOCCx0360202bisacsh 7aRELx0720002bisacsh04a292.3/2223  aHIS0020002bisacsh1 aRaphals, Lisa Ann,d1951-10aDivination and prediction in early China and ancient Greece /cLisa Raphals. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  a"Divination 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"--cProvided by publisher.  a"This book is an exploration of divination and prediction in Chinese and Greek antiquity, but it is also a part of two ongoing interdisciplinary and intercultural explorations that have informed my scholarly work. One is the engagement between the disciplines of philosophy and history from a perspective also informed by anthropology. The other is the comparative study of Chinese and Greek antiquity from a shifting viewpoint informed by all three disciplines"--cProvided by publisher.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources; 3. Theorizing divination; 4. Practitioners; 5. Methods; 6. The questions; 7. Consultors; 8. Mantic narratives; 9. Divination and systematic thought; 10. Conclusions; 11. Glossary; 12. Appendices.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aDivinationzChina. 0aDivinationzGreece. 7aHISTORYxAncientxGeneral.2bisacsh 7aDivination.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00895747 7aChina.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01206073 7aGreece.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01208380 7aBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism2bisacsh 7aRELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aRaphals, Lisa Ann, 1951-tDivination and prediction in early China and ancient Greecez9781107010758w(DLC)  2012036781w(OCoLC)814951912403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=604621413Table of contentsuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-t.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-b.html