Sacred Words and Worlds : Geography, Religion, and Scholarship, 1550-1700.
Title:
Sacred Words and Worlds : Geography, Religion, and Scholarship, 1550-1700.
Author:
Shalev, Zur.
ISBN:
9789004209381
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (342 pages)
Series:
Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; v.2
Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions
Contents:
Contents -- List of Figures -- Note on Documentation -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Early Modern Geographia Sacra: Themes and Approaches -- Chapter Two The Antwerp Polyglot Bible: Maps, Scholarship, and Exegesis -- Chapter Three Antiquarian Zeal and Sacred Measurement on the Road to Jerusalem -- Chapter Four The Phoenicians are Coming! Samuel Bochart's Protestant Geography -- Chapter Five Putting the Church on the Map: Ecclesiastical Cartography across the Denominational Divide -- Chapter Six Epilogue -- Appendix Extant Manuscripts of Samuel Bochart -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book examines the scholarly genre of 'geographia sacra' in early modern Europe, tracing its contours, the outlooks and concerns of its practitioners, as well as the intersections of religion and geography in an age that saw dramatic revolutions in both fields.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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