From Eden to Eternity
Creations of Paradise in the Later Middle Ages
An impressively learned and beautifully illustrated review of medieval ideas about ParadiseDid Adam and Eve need to eat in Eden in order to live? If so, did human beings urinate and defecate in paradise? And since people had no need for clothing, transportation, or food, what purpose did animals serve? Would carnivorous animals have preyed on other creatures? These were but a few of the questions that plagued medieval scholars for whom the idea of Eden proved an endless source of contemplation. As theologians attempted to reconcile their own experiences with the realities of the prelapsarian paradise, they crafted complex answers that include…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8122-9147-6
- EAN: 9780812291476
- Produktnummer: 20458349
- Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'892 KB
- Abbildungen: 32 color illus.
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By Alastair Minnis
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