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Sacred words and worlds [electronic resource] : geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 / by Zur Shalev.

By: Series: History of Science and Medicine Library ; v. 21 | Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 2Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9789004209381 (electronic bk.)
  • 9004209387 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 203/.509 23
LOC classification:
  • BL65.G4 S53 2011eb
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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;
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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