TIBBİ BİLGİNİN İDEOLOJİK KULLANIMI ÜZERİNE OKUMALAR: YENİ BABİL KRONİKLERİNDE HASTALIKLAR VE BABİL TARİH YAZICILIĞI

Year 2019, Issue: 69, 1 - 36, 01.06.2019

Gökhan Kağnıcı

Abstract

Bu çalışmada M.Ö. I. binyılın ikinci
yarısında derlenen Yeni Babil Kronikleri’ndeki (ABC 1-7 ve MC 16-17, 21-26)
hastalıklar ve sakatlıklarla ilgili kayıtlar ele alınacaktır. Bu kayıtlardaki
bilgilerin söz konusu binyılın tıp tarihi açısından tarihsel değeri
değerlendirilmeye çalışılacaktır. Özellikle metinlerin derlendiği zamandan önce
hüküm sürmüş Mezopotamya ve Elam krallarının kimi zaman ölümcül sonuçları olan
hastalıklarıyla ilgili detaylara odaklanılacaktır. Kâtipler tarafından daha
ziyade siyasi ve askeri olayların kayıt altına alındığı kroniklerde bu tıbbi
konulara neden yer verilmiş olabileceği üzerinde düşünmek, kralların
hastalıklarıyla ilgili kayıt geleneğinin tarih yazımının siyasal, dinsel ve
geleneksel yönleriyle olan ilişkilerine dair bazı değerlendirmelerde
bulunabilmek açısından önemlidir. Böylece kralların tıbbi rahatsızlıklarıyla
ilgili kayıtların kroniklerin gerçekçi ve yansız bir bakış açısıyla derlenen
metinler olduğu yönündeki modern kabulün sorgulanmasındaki rolü
tartışılacaktır. Çalışma M.Ö. 3. binyılın ortalarından M.Ö. 6. yüzyılın
sonlarına kadarki dönemi içerecektir. Dolayısıyla bu dönemlerle ilgili kayıtlar
içeren Weidner ve Eski Krallar Kronikleri gibi diğer kroniklere de yeri
geldiğince değinilecektir.  

Cite this article as: Kağnıcı, Gökhan,
“Tıbbi Bilginin İdeolojik Kullanımı Üzerine Okumalar: Yeni Babil Kroniklerinde
Hastalıklar ve Babil Tarih Yazıcılığı”, Turk J Hist sayı 69 (2019), s.1-36.

Keywords

Yeni Babil Kronikleri, Krallar, Hastalıklar, Tarih yazıcılığı

IDEOLOGICAL READINGS THROUGH THE MEDICAL RECORDS: ILLNESSES IN THE NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONICLES AND BABYLONIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Abstract

In this study, we will focus on the
illnesses and disabilities mentioned in the Neo-Babylonian Chronicles Series
(ABC 1-7 and MC 16-17, 21-26) which were compiled in the second half of the
first millennium BC. The information in these records will be evaluated with
regards to medical history in the first millennium BC. Particular attention
will be given to the details concerning illnesses with fatal consequences for
Mesopotamian and Elamite kings who had ruled before the time that the texts
were compiled. It is very important to think about why the medical problems in
question are included in some of the chronicles since the chronicles speak of
accounts of noteworthy political and military events in general. Including
information about the medical disorders concerning kings, the chronicles
contents can contribute to evaluations of the relationship between the
political, religious and traditional aspects of Babylonian historiography. The
modern assumption, that Neo-Babylonian and certain other chronicles are “models
of historical probity” and impartial texts sharing a historical critique on the
records of the kings’ illnesses, will be discussed. This study is related to
the historical period between the middle of the third millenium and the end of
the sixth century BC.  In addition, other
chronicles such as the Weidner Chronicle and the Chronicle of Early Kings
concerning this period will be referenced considerably as well. 

Cite this article as: Kağnıcı, Gökhan,
“Tıbbi Bilginin İdeolojik Kullanımı Üzerine Okumalar: Yeni Babil Kroniklerinde
Hastalıklar ve Babil Tarih Yazıcılığı”, Turk J Hist sayı 69 (2019), s.1-36.

Keywords

Neo-Babylonian Chronicles, Kings, Illnesses, Historiography

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