Ancient Cosmologies

Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

284 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-76629-4 (ISBN)

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In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe to the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Greeks and Norsemen? How did they see the visible heavens as well as the other hidden worlds of the dead, gods and demons?

In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Greeks and Norsemen conceive the form of the cosmos which accommodated not only the known face of the earth and the visible heavenly bodies but also those other worlds which it was deemed necessary to locate comprehensibly in space – the realms of the dead, both blessed and damned, and the countries inhabited by gods and demons?

Carmen Blacker and Michael Loewe

1. The Cosmology of Ancient Egypt J.M. Plumley 2. The Cosmology of Sumer and Babylon W.G. Lambert 3. Jewish Cosmology Rabbi Louis Jacobs 4. The Cosmology of Early China Joseph Needham 5. Ancient Indian Cosmology R.F. Gombrich 6. Islamic Cosmology Edith Jachimowicz 7. Scandinavian Cosmology H.R. Ellis Davidson 8. Greek Cosmologies G.E.R. Lloyd 9. The European Heritage Philip Grierson

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-032-76629-8 / 1032766298
ISBN-13	978-1-032-76629-4 / 9781032766294
Zustand	Neuware