Jacob Böhme and his world
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Jacob Böhme and his world
(Aries book series, v. 25)
Leiden ; Boston, c2019
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) is famous as a shoemaker and spiritual author. His works and thought are frequently studied as a product of his mystical illumination.
Jacob Boehme and His World adopts a different perspective. It seeks to demystify Boehme by focusing on aspects of his immediate cultural and social context and the intellectual currents of his time, including Boehme's writing as literature, the social conditions in Goerlitz, Boehme's correspondence networks, a contemporary "crisis of piety," Paracelsian and kabbalistic currents, astrology, astronomy and alchemy, and his relationship to other dissenting authors. Relevant facets of reception include Boehme's philosophical standing, his contributions to pre-Pietism, and early English translations of his works.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations of Jacob Boehme's Works
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Introduction: Jacob Boehme and His World
Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson
1 Jacob Boehme's Writings in the Context of His World
Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson
2 The Rhetoric of Presence: Reflections on Jacob Boehme's Writing
Bo Andersson
3 The City of Goerlitz during Jacob Boehme's Lifetime
Ines Haaser (Anders)
4 Jacob Boehme and His Networks
Leigh T.I. Penman
5 Martin Moller (1547-1606) and the "Crisis of Piety" of Jacob Boehme's Time
Lucinda Martin
6 Johann Arndt (1555-1621) and the "Crisis of Piety" of Jacob Boehme's Time
Kristine Hannak
7 The New Adam: Jacob Boehme and the Theology of Paracelsus (1493/94-1541)
Urs Leo Gantenbein
8 "Out of Himself, to Himself": The Kabbalah of Jacob Boehme
Gerold Necker
9 Jacob Boehme, Johannes Staricius (ca. 1580-??), and the Culture of Dissent
Andrew Weeks
10 The Science of the Stars in Jacob Boehme's World
Lutz Pannier
11 Jacob Boehme and Alchemy: A Transmutation in Three Stages
Mike A. Zuber
12 "A Philosopher Does Not Stand Still": Legacies and Receptions of the "Philosophus Teutonicus"
Cecilia Muratori
13 Spiritualism and Cultures of Dissent: Johann Theodor von Tschesch (1595-1649) Interprets Jacob Boehme
Tunde Beatrix Karnitscher
14 Jacob Boehme's Foremost Seventeenth-Century English Translator: John Sparrow (1615-1670) of Essex
Ariel Hessayon
Concluding Bibliographical Remarks
Lucinda Martin and Leigh T.I. Penman
Index of Names
Index of Places
Index of Topics
Index of Bible Quotations and References
Index of Biblical Names
by "Nielsen BookData"