Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture

• Main Author: Morrison, Tessa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel, 2011.
• Subjects: History.; Architecture.; History of Science.; Architectural History and Theory.

Isaac Newton’s unpublished manuscripts reveal that for over fifty years he had an interest in the Temple of Solomon. He wrote on the Temple’s meaning, the rituals associated with it, and even recreated the architectural plan. In an unpublished manuscript entitled Introduction to the Lexicon of the P...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Preface by Kim Williams
• Introduction
• Chronology, Prisca Sapientia and the Temple
• Prophesy and the Temple
• Prytanæum and the Floor Plan of the Temple of Solomon
• The Temple Measurements and the Sacred Cubit
• An Overview of the Contents and the Source of Babson MS 0434.-Reconstruction
• Conclusion
• Translation of Babson MS 0434
• Bibliography
• Index.