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Omen Interpretation

Omen Interpretation is a hermeneutic practice within divination studies that involves the systematic identification and analysis of anomalous natural or supernatural phenomena as signs bearing prophetic significance, distinguished from other interpretive methods by its reliance on perceived contingency and divine communication through observable events.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World

Amar Annus, Alex Nice · Aestimatio Sources and Studies in the History of Science · 2015 · 136 citations · Full text

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More Babylonian "Prophecies"

Robert D. Biggs · Iraq · 1967 · 104 citations

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Empiricism in Babylonian Omen Texts and the Classification of Mesopotamian Divination as Science

Francesca Rochberg · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1999 · 49 citations

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Akkadian Commentaries from Ancient Mesopotamia and Their Relation to Early Hebrew Exegesis

Uri Gabbay · Dead Sea Discoveries · 2012 · 47 citations

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The Omen and the Dream: Helen's and Penelope's Visions of the Eagle and the Geese in Homer, Odyssey 15.160–178 and 19.535–555

Elizabeth Stockdale · Helios · 2019 · 29 citations

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Authors

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  1. UG
    Uri Gabbay

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  2. EL
    Edward L. Shaughnessy

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  3. RD
    Robert D. Biggs

    Dow Chemical (United States), United States

    1 publications · 104 citations

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  4. AA
    Aurelia Armstrong

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. DL
    Donald Lateiner

    Ohio Wesleyan University, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

9

  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  2. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

  3. Chicago College of Oriental Medicine

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

  4. Baxter (United States)

    Deerfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  7. Guilford College

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Czech Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

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Venues

  1. Dead Sea Discoveries

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  2. Medical Entomology and Zoology

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. Oceania

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  4. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. Iraq

    1 publications · 104 citations

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