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This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of nature using biblical and pagan sources and it has an extensive reception history throughout...
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oapen-20.500.12657-232412024-03-22T19:23:40Z Christus in natura Kindschi Garský, Zbyněk Hirsch-Luipold, Rainer Physiologus natural history symbolism facsimile thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRR Other religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT1 Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of nature using biblical and pagan sources and it has an extensive reception history throughout the medieval period. Its symbolic use of animals and plants, etc., has deeply influenced visual arts, literature, and heraldry, but this visual language often remains enigmatic. This book, going back to a project of the Swiss National Foundation (Das ‹Evangelium der Natur›. Der griechische Physiologus und die Wurzeln der frühchristlichen Naturdeutung) offers new insights into the origins and the interpretation of this symbolic language. 2020-01-30 08:55:28 2020-04-01T09:08:47Z 2020-04-01T09:08:47Z 2020 book 1006913 2195-450X 9783110491852;9783110494709 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23241 eng ger Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) application/pdf n/a 1006913.pdf http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110494143 De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110494143 10.1515/9783110494143 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 9783110491852;9783110494709 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) 11 253 Berlin/Boston 10BP12_191165 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation open access |
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This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of nature using biblical and pagan sources and it has an extensive reception history throughout the medieval period. Its symbolic use of animals and plants, etc., has deeply influenced visual arts, literature, and heraldry, but this visual language often remains enigmatic. This book, going back to a project of the Swiss National Foundation (Das ‹Evangelium der Natur›. Der griechische Physiologus und die Wurzeln der frühchristlichen Naturdeutung) offers new insights into the origins and the interpretation of this symbolic language. |
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