New Worlds, Ancient Texts
Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1995-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674254120 |
Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional notions of the world beyond Europe.
Author | : Elton Thomas Edward Barker |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199664137 |
Written by a highly interdisciplinary range of contributors, New Worlds from Old Texts explores ancient Greek perceptions of space, and how they may have differed from the modern cartographic view.
Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780472106264 |
A distinctive history of the traditions of reading and life in the Renaissance library, as seen in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals
Author | : Irene Vallejo |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2022-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0593318897 |
A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity’s obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages • “Accessible and entertaining.” —The Wall Street Journal Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. So, what did her give her? Books for her library—two hundred thousand, in fact. The long and eventful history of the written word shows that books have always been and will always be a precious—and precarious—vehicle for civilization. Papyrus is the story of the book’s journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. Award-winning author Irene Vallejo evokes the great mosaic of literature in the ancient world from Greece’s itinerant bards to Rome’s multimillionaire philosophers, from opportunistic forgers to cruel teachers, erudite librarians to defiant women, all the while illuminating how ancient ideas about education, censorship, authority, and identity still resonate today. Crucially, Vallejo also draws connections to our own time, from the library in war-torn Sarajevo to Oxford’s underground labyrinth, underscoring how words have persisted as our most valuable creations. Through nimble interpretations of the classics, playful and moving anecdotes about her own encounters with the written word, and fascinating stories from history, Vallejo weaves a marvelous tapestry of Western culture’s foundations and identifies the humanist values that helped make us who we are today. At its heart a spirited love letter to language itself, Papyrus takes readers on a journey across the centuries to discover how a simple reed grown along the banks of the Nile would give birth to a rich and cherished culture.
Author | : Anthony Grafton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Archival materials |
ISBN | : 9780979696947 |
Author | : Michael Scott |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2016-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465094732 |
"As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalized world." -- Tom Holland, author of Dynasty and Rubicon Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India-the stories of Constantine and Confucius, Qin Shi Huangdi and Hannibal-are here revealed to be interconnected incidents in the midst of a greater drama. In Ancient Worlds, historian Michael Scott presents a gripping narrative of this unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. An ambitious reinvention of our grandest histories, Ancient Worlds reveals new truths about our common human heritage. "A bold and imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity." UPeter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 9781862076174 |
The first general and comprehensive history of all of Native America
Author | : Maria Wyke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317796063 |
Brought vividly to life on screen, the myth of ancient Rome resonates through modern popular culture. Projecting the Past examines how the cinematic traditions of Hollywood and Italy have resurrected ancient Rome to address the concerns of the present. The book engages contemporary debates about the nature of the classical tradition, definitions of history, and the place of the past in historical film.
Author | : Craig A. Evans |
Publisher | : Hendrickson Publishers |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
One of the daunting challenges facing the New Testament interpreter is achieving familiarity with the immense corpus of Greco-Roman, Jewish, and pagan primary source materials. From the Paraphrase of Shem to Pesiqta Rabbati, scholars and students alike must have a fundamental understanding of these documents' content, provenance, and place in NT interpretation. But achieving even an elementary facility with this literature often requires years of experience, or a photographic memory. Evans's dexterous survey-a thoroughly revised and significantly expanded edition of his Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation - amasses the requisite details of date, language, text, translation, and general bibliography. Evans also evaluates the materials' relevance for interpreting the NT. The vast range of literature examined includes the Old Testament apocrypha, the Old Testament pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, assorted ancient translations of the Old Testament and the Targum paraphrases, Philo and Josephus, the New Testament pseudepigrapha, the early church fathers, various gnostic writings, and more. the NT, and a comparison of Jesus' parables with those of the rabbis will further save the interpreter precious time.