Raphals, Lisa Ann 1951- creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource. "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"-- "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"-- Machine 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. Lisa Raphals. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- e-gr--- Divination China Divination Greece HISTORY Ancient General Divination China Greece BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology BL613 .R37 2013eb 292.3/2 HIS002000 Raphals, Lisa Ann, 1951- (DLC) 2012036781 (OCoLC)814951912 9781461950431 (electronic bk.) 1461950430 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=604621 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-b.html http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=604621 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2012036781-b.html N$T 131104 20200709055900.0 ocn862077079 eng