Scriptural Geography
Portraying the Holy Land
Published on 25. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-350-17086-5 (ISBN)
Description
For nineteenth century scholars the Holy Land was not just a region of the globe, it was an idea, an intellectual and a moral space charged with the heat of debate between those trying to understand the religious, social and scientific upheavals of the time. Edwin Aiken explores the various ways in which geographical knowledge was used in these debates and shows how religious writers called upon geographical knowledge to the benefit of their readers. The result is an original and stimulating work of scholarship that demonstrates the significance of the geography of the Holy Land in Western thought and argument, and makes important contributions to the history of geography, the nature of Orientalism, and to the evolving relationship between religion and science.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
17 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-17086-5 (9781350170865)
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Person
Edwin James Aiken is a member of the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology at Queen's University, Belfast.
Content
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
1. Introduction: Inscribing Terra Sancta
2. A History of Scriptural Geography
3. The Didactic Order: Michael Russell
4. The Polemical Order: Josias Leslie Porter
5. The Contextual Order: George Adam Smith
6. Conclusion: Learning from the story
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations
1. Introduction: Inscribing Terra Sancta
2. A History of Scriptural Geography
3. The Didactic Order: Michael Russell
4. The Polemical Order: Josias Leslie Porter
5. The Contextual Order: George Adam Smith
6. Conclusion: Learning from the story
Notes
Bibliography
Index