The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study

This study deals with semiotic findings about the significance of the stars in its dual contradictory aspects, both the positive and the negative as found in the Mesopotamian civilization. Stars, in mid nights have been the means of guidance both on the land and the sea. People make use of them to d...

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Main Authors:	Juhaena Hamid Hasani, Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, Ghassan Taha Yaseen, Eeman Muhammad Abbas
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Language:	English
Published:	Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/1/v4n1-2012_6.pdf

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spelling	ukm-53212016-12-14T06:38:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/ The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study Juhaena Hamid Hasani, Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, Ghassan Taha Yaseen, Eeman Muhammad Abbas, This study deals with semiotic findings about the significance of the stars in its dual contradictory aspects, both the positive and the negative as found in the Mesopotamian civilization. Stars, in mid nights have been the means of guidance both on the land and the sea. People make use of them to determine the time (the day, the month etc), as well as the inference of knowledge through which the road map came into existence and widened the intellectual channels in reading fortunes, horoscopes and characterized as signs or benchmarks by which its consistent rhetorical practices became marketable among people until today. This study is quite different from the previous studies in the sense that it deals with two significant aspects which are: First; It focuses on the structural transformation of the significance of the star between two contradictory forms (the positive and the negative), beginning with the first culture dating back to the period of pre-history until the modern Babylonian age during which Mesopotamian civilization flourished. Moreover, this study attempts to present a modification and amendments on the findings of the previous researches, Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/1/v4n1-2012_6.pdf Juhaena Hamid Hasani, and Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, and Ghassan Taha Yaseen, and Eeman Muhammad Abbas, (2012) The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study. Jurnal Antarabangsa Kajian Asia Barat, 4 (1). pp. 93-110. ISSN 2229-8924 http://www.ukm.my/ijwas/
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description	This study deals with semiotic findings about the significance of the stars in its dual contradictory aspects, both the positive and the negative as found in the Mesopotamian civilization. Stars, in mid nights have been the means of guidance both on the land and the sea. People make use of them to determine the time (the day, the month etc), as well as the inference of knowledge through which the road map came into existence and widened the intellectual channels in reading fortunes, horoscopes and characterized as signs or benchmarks by which its consistent rhetorical practices became marketable among people until today. This study is quite different from the previous studies in the sense that it deals with two significant aspects which are: First; It focuses on the structural transformation of the significance of the star between two contradictory forms (the positive and the negative), beginning with the first culture dating back to the period of pre-history until the modern Babylonian age during which Mesopotamian civilization flourished. Moreover, this study attempts to present a modification and amendments on the findings of the previous researches,
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author	Juhaena Hamid Hasani, Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, Ghassan Taha Yaseen, Eeman Muhammad Abbas,
spellingShingle	Juhaena Hamid Hasani, Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, Ghassan Taha Yaseen, Eeman Muhammad Abbas, The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
author_facet	Juhaena Hamid Hasani, Siti Rugayah Hj. Tibek, Ghassan Taha Yaseen, Eeman Muhammad Abbas,
author_sort	Juhaena Hamid Hasani,
title	The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
title_short	The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
title_full	The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
title_fullStr	The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
title_full_unstemmed	The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
title_sort	positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study
publisher	Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat
publishDate	2012
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5321/1/v4n1-2012_6.pdf
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The positive and negative significance of the star in the mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study

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