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The Word and the World

Biblical Exegesis and Early Modern Science

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  1. Kevin Killeen

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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  2. Peter J. Forshaw

    1. University of London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction: The Word and the World

      • Peter J. Forshaw, Kevin Killeen
      Pages 1-22

  5. Exegesis and Science in Early Modern Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. The Fortunes of Babel: Technology, History, and Genesis 11:1–9

      • Jonathan Sawday
      Pages 191-214

    3. Duckweed and the Word of God: Seminal Principles and Creation in Thomas Browne

      • Kevin Killeen
      Pages 215-233

    4. Days of the Locust: Natural History, Politics, and the English Bible

      • Karen L. Edwards
      Pages 234-252

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 253-264
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About this book

This book explores the impact of biblical reading practices on scientific thought in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It addresses the idea that the natural philosophers of the era forged their new sciences despite, rather than because of, the pervasive bible-centeredness of early modern thought.

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"The Word and the World is a contribution not only to the literature on science and religion, but also to the growing body of scholarship that examines the dynamic interaction of humanist scholarship and natural knowledge in the age of the scientific revolution." - Daniel Stolzenberg, Renaissance Quarterly

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Leeds, UK

    Kevin Killeen

  • University of London, UK

    Peter J. Forshaw

About the editors

LEO CATANA Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark KAREN EDWARDS Lecturer in Early Modern Literature, University of Exeter, UK JAMES DOUGAL FLEMING Lecturer in English Renaissance non-dramatic literature, Simon Fraser University, UK PETER J. FORSHAW British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK HÅKAN HÅKANSSON PhD graduate, Lund University, Sweden PETER HARRISON Professor of History and Philosophy, Bond University, Australia IRVING A. KELTER Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, USA KEVIN KILLEEN Lecturer in Early Modern Literature, University of Reading, UK STEVEN MATTHEWS Assistant Professor of European History and the History of Science, University of Minnesota in Duluth, USA PAUL R. MUELLER, S.J Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago, USA VOLKER R. REMMERT Assistant Professor of History of Science and History of Mathematics, University of Mainz, Germany JONATHAN SAWDAY Professor of English Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

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