Sacred words and worlds
Shalev, Zur, 1967-
Sacred words and worlds geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 / [electronic resource] : Geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 by Zur Shalev. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource. - History of Science and Medicine Library, v. 21 1872-0684 ; Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 2 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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;
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.
9789004209381 (electronic bk.) 9004209387 (electronic bk.)
9786613310620
331062 MIL
Bible--Study and teaching--History.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space.
Bible -- Study and teaching -- History.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space.
RELIGION / Reference
Electronic books.
BL65.G4 / S53 2011eb
203/.509
Sacred words and worlds geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 / [electronic resource] : Geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 by Zur Shalev. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource. - History of Science and Medicine Library, v. 21 1872-0684 ; Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 2 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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;
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.
9789004209381 (electronic bk.) 9004209387 (electronic bk.)
9786613310620
331062 MIL
Bible--Study and teaching--History.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space.
Bible -- Study and teaching -- History.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space.
RELIGION / Reference
Electronic books.
BL65.G4 / S53 2011eb
203/.509
