HELLENİSTİK DÖNEMDE BABİL KÜLTÜRÜ

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1, 73 - 98, 09.07.2025

Hilal Kutlu Alancı

https://doi.org/10.46931/aran.1622101

Öz

Bu makalenin temel argümanı, Helenistik dönemde Babil kültürünün büyük ölçüde aynı kaldığıdır. Dil ve dinin kültürün önemli unsurları olarak dikkate alınmasıyla, Babil kültürünün sürekliliği büyük ölçüde günümüze ulaşan kil çivi yazısı tabletlerinden anlaşılabilir. Bununla birlikte, Yunanlıların Babil kültürü üzerindeki etkisini, çoğunlukla siyasi çıkarlar için kasıtlı olarak Yunanca kişisel isimler almakla sınırlı olan bazı alanlarda görmek mümkündür. Dolayısıyla, bu etkiyi küçük bir değişiklik olarak düşünmek mümkündür. Konuyu daha iyi anlamak için bu makale üç bölüme ayrılmıştır: Birinci bölüm dil ile ilgilidir, ikinci bölüm dini uygulamalar açısından sürekliliği görmek için dinle ilgilidir ve son olarak üçüncü bölüm Yunancanın etkisinin görülebileceği yönlere değinmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Babil , Kültür , Hellenistik , Grek

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