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Authors: Markus Bockmuehl
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent
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Mapping Paradise
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Pages: 424
Authors: Alessandro Scafi
Categories: History
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Alessandro Scafi's fascinating account looks at the perception of world geography and the place of paradise within that. Central to this discussion are the key
The Earthly Paradise
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These essays on late antiquity traverse a territory in which Christian and pagan imagery and practices compete, coexist, and intermingle. The iconography of the