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Author Shalev, Zur, 1967-

Title Sacred words and worlds : geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700 / by Zur Shalev.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 319 pages) : illustrations.
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Series History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 21
Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 2
History of science and medicine library ; v. 21.
History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Early modern geographia sacra: Themes and approaches --The Antwerp Polyglot bible: Maps, scholarship, and exegesis -- Antiquarian zeal and sacred measurement on the road to Jerusalem -- The Phoenicians are coming! Samuel Bochart's protestant geography -- Putting the church on the map: Ecclesiastical cartography across the denominational divide -- Epilogue.
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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Subject Bible -- Study and teaching -- History.
Bible.
History.
Bible.
Religion and geography.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space.
Sacred space.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Geography, religion, and scholarship, 1550-1700
Other Form: Print version: Shalev, Zur. Sacred words and worlds. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9786613310620 (DLC) 2011029855
ISBN 9789004209381 (electronic book)
9004209387 (electronic book)
9789004209350
9004209352
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