The word and the world : biblical exegesis and early modern science
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The word and the world : biblical exegesis and early modern science
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the impact of biblical reading practices on scientific thought in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It addresses the idea that the natural philosophers of the era forged their new sciences despite, rather than because of, the pervasive bible-centeredness of early modern thought.
Table of Contents
- List of figures Notes on contributors Introduction
- P.J.Forshaw & K.Killeen PART 1: THE WORD AND THE WORLD The Use of Creatures: Allegory, the Literal Sense and the Contemplative Life
- P.Harrison Making Sense of Science and the Literal: Modern Semantics and Early Modern Hermeneutics
- J.D.Fleming Reading the Two Books with Francis Bacon: Interpreting God's Will and Power
- S.Matthews Textual Criticism and Early Modern Natural Philosophy: The Case of Marin Mersenne (1588-1648)
- P.Mueller Giordano Bruno's Hermeneutics: Observations on the Bible in De Monade (1591)
- L.Catana PART 2: INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR ASTRONOMY Vitriolic Reactions: Orthodox Responses to the Alchemical Exegesis of Genesis
- P.Forshaw Tycho the Prophet: History, Astrology and the Apocalypse in Early Modern Science
- H.Hakansson 'Whether the stars are innumerable for us?': Astronomy and Biblical Exegesis in the Society of Jesus around 1600
- V.Remmert Reading the Book of God as the Book of Nature: The Case of the Louvain Humanist Cornelius Valerius (1512-1578)
- I.A.Kelter PART 3: EXEGESIS AND SCIENCE IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE The Fortunes of Babel: Technology, History, and Genesis 11:1-9
- J.Sawday Duckweed and the Word of God: Seminal Principles and Creation in Thomas Browne (1605-1682)
- K.Killeen Days of the Locust: Natural History, Politics, and the English Bible
- K.Edwards
by "Nielsen BookData"