Sacred Words and Worlds Geography, Religion, and Scholarship, 1550-1700

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Shalev, Zur
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston BRILL 2011
Brill
Edition1
SeriesScientific and learned cultures and their institutions
Subjects
Bible-Study and teaching-History
Religion and geography
Sacred space
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- 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