Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought

1999-11-04
Adam and Eve in Seventeenth-Century Thought

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  • Author: Philip C. Almond
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521660761
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 252

This book offers a fascinating account of the central myth of Western culture - the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Philip Almond examines the way in which the gaps, hints and illusions within this biblical story were filled out in seventeenth-century English thought. At this time, the Bible formed a fundamental basis for studies in all subjects, and influenced greatly the way that people understood the world. Drawing extensively on primary sources he covers subjects as diverse as theology, history, philosophy, botany, language, anthropology, geology, vegetarianism, and women. He demonstrates the way in which the story of Adam and Eve was the fulcrum around which moved lively discussions on topics such as the place and nature of Paradise, the date of creation, the nature of Adamic language, the origins of the American Indians, agrarian communism, and the necessity and meaning of love, labour and marriage.

Engendering the Fall

2008-06-25
Engendering the Fall

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  • Author: Shannon Miller
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • ISBN: 0812240863
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

Engendering the Fall argues that early seventeenth-century women's writing influenced Paradise Lost, while later seventeenth-century texts reworked central aspects of Milton's epic in order to reconfigure the politically resonant gendered hierarchy laid out by the story of the Fall.

The Book of Adam and Eve, Also Called The Conflict of Adam and Eve With Satan, a Book of the Early Eastern Church

2018-11-04
The Book of Adam and Eve, Also Called The Conflict of Adam and Eve With Satan, a Book of the Early Eastern Church

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  • Author: Solomon Caesar Malan
  • Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
  • ISBN: 9780344732997
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 270

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England

2004-07-01
Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England

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  • Author: Philip C. Almond
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 113945160X
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 417

This book is exclusively devoted to demonic possession and exorcism in early modern England. It offers modernized versions of the most significant early modern texts on nine cases of demonic possession from the period 1570 to 1650, the key period in English history for demonic possession. The nine stories were all written by eyewitnesses or were derived from eyewitness reports. They involve matters of life and death, sin and sanctity, guilt and innocence, of crimes which could not be committed and punishments which could not be deserved. The nine critical introductions which accompany the stories address the different strategic intentions of those who wrote them. The modernized texts and critical introductions are placed within the context of a wide-ranging general Introduction to demonic possession in England across the period 1550 to 1700.

The Quest for the Historical Adam

2015-04-01
The Quest for the Historical Adam

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  • Author: William VanDoodewaard
  • Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
  • ISBN: 1601783787
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 459

Was Adam really a historical person, and can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Or is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job to correctly reconstruct the truth of how humanity began? Although the church currently faces these pressing questions—exacerbated as they are by scientific and philosophical developments of our age—we must not think that they are completely new. In The Quest for the Historical Adam , William VanDoodewaard recovers and assesses the teaching of those who have gone before us, providing a historical survey of Genesis commentary on human origins from the patristic era to the present. Reacquainting the reader with a long line of theologians, exegetes, and thinkers, VanDoodewaard traces the roots, development, and, at times, disappearance of hermeneutical approaches and exegetical insights relevant to discussions on human origins. This survey not only informs us of how we came to this point in the conversation but also equips us to recognize the significance of the various alternatives on human origins. It also includes a foreword written by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Table of Contents: 1. Finding Adam and His Origin in Scripture 2. The Patristic and Medieval Quest for Adam 3. Adam in the Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 4. Adam in the Enlightenment Era 5. Adam in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 6. The Quest for Adam: From the 1950s to the Present 7. What Difference Does It Make? Epilogue: Literal Genesis and Science?

Scholarly Milton

2019-03-20
Scholarly Milton

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  • Author: Thomas Festa
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • ISBN: 1942954824
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 304

'Scholarly Milton [...] is admirably clear and informative. It lays out the basics of Milton’s education and intellectual life and the evolution of his thinking in relation to the political concerns of his time in ways that should orient a person new to this material at the same time as it provides a focused refreshment for someone more expert. The articles themselves offer engaging and thoughtful explorations of Milton’s work by grounding their analysis in specific seventeenth-century intellectual concerns. [...] It should be clear that the essays in this volume speak to one another in fruitful ways; they foreground Milton the educator as much as Milton the scholar. Both educators and scholars will find it equally useful.' Margaret Thickstun, MLA

The Virtue of Sympathy

2015-01-06
The Virtue of Sympathy

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  • Author: Seth Lobis
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • ISBN: 0300210418
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 429

Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and building to a new reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost, author Seth Lobis charts a profound change in the cultural meaning of sympathy during the seventeenth century. Having long referred to magical affinities in the universe, sympathy was increasingly understood to be a force of connection between people. By examining sympathy in literary and philosophical writing of the period, Lobis illuminates an extraordinary shift in human understanding.

The Antichrist

2020-10
The Antichrist

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  • Author: Philip C. Almond
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108479650
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 341

A complete history of the Antichrist, Satan's son, within the context of Western expectations of the end of the world.

The Third Force in Seventeenth Century Thought

1992
The Third Force in Seventeenth Century Thought

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  • Author: Richard Henry Popkin
  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9789004093249
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 394

This volume contains more than twenty essays in the history of modern philosophy and history of religion by R.H. Popkin. Several of the essays have not been published before. Thinkers discussed include Hobbes, Henry More, Pascal, Spinoza, Cudworth, Newton, Hume, Condorcet, and Moritz Schlick.

Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720

2002-09-30
Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720

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  • Author: Christopher Baker
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 0313013608
  • Category : Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 487

This book—the sixth volume in The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World series—provides information on more than 400 individuals who created and played a role in the era's intellectual and cultural activity. The book's focus is on cultural figures—those whose inventions and discoveries contributed to the scientific revolution, those whose line of reasoning contributed to secularism, groundbreaking artists like Rembrandt, lesser known painters, and contributors to art and music. As the momentum of the Renaissance peaked in 1600, the Western World was poised to move from the Early Modern to the Modern Era. The Thirty Years War ended in 1648 and religion was no longer a cause for military conflict. Europe grew more secularized. Organized scientific research led to groundbreaking discoveries, such as the earth's magnetic field, Kepler's first two laws of motion, and the slide rule. In the arts, Baroque painting, music, and literature evolved. A new Europe was emerging. This book is a useful basic reference for students and laymen, with entries specifically designed for ready reference.