Ancestor of the West by Jean Bottero

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Ancestor of the West by Jean Bottero

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Ancestor of the West by Jean Bottero

With "Ancestor of the West", three distinguished French historians reveal the story of the birth of writing and reason, demonstrating how the logical and religious structures of Near Eastern and Mesopotamian cultures served as precursors to those of the West.

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Jean Bottéro is Director of Studies and Professor of Assyriology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. His books include La Religion babylonnienne (1952), and Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning and the Gods (University of Chicago Press, 1992). Apart from being France's leading Assyriologist, he is also a distinguished chef.

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ISBN 13 9780226067162
ISBN 10 0226067165
Title Ancestor of the West
Author Jean Bottero
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 2003-05-01
Number of pages 208
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