The garden, the ark, the tower, the temple : biblical metaphors of knowledge in early modern Europe /

The garden, the ark, the tower, the temple : biblical metaphors of knowledge in early modern Europe /

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Accounts of the rise in early modern Europe of new methods of investigating and understanding the natural world have often overlooked the importance of biblical metaphors of knowledgte. Four Old Testament episodes in particular assumed special signifcance in the period: the stories of the Garden of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennett, Jim
Corporate Authors: Bodleian Library, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford Museum of the History of Science
Other Authors: Mandelbrote, Scott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Museum of the History of Science in association with the Bodleian Library, 1998
Subjects:
Hartlib, Samuel, > -1662
Bible > Old Testament > Influence > Exhibitions.
Bible > Old Testament.
1500-1699
Bible and science > Exhibitions
Knowledge, Theory of > History > 16th century > Exhibitions
Knowledge, Theory of > History > 17th century > Exhibitions
Civilization > history
Knowledge > history
Bible and science
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Knowledge, Theory of
England > Intellectual life > 16th century > Exhibitions
England > Intellectual life > 17th century > Exhibitions
Europe > Intellectual life > 16th century > Exhibitions
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century > Exhibitions
England
Europe
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogues
History
Table of Contents:
  • Bibles, catalogue nos. 1-8
  • Samuel Hartlib, catalogue nos. 9-12
  • The Garden, catalogue nos. 13-26
  • The Ark, catalogue nos. 27-38
  • The Tower, catalogue nos. 39-50
  • The Temple, catalogue nos. 51-60
  • Hartlib Circle, catalogue nos. 61-68
  • Biblical criticism, catalogue nos. 69-86

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