Egyptian Oedipus
Download or Read eBook Egyptian Oedipus PDF written by Daniel Stolzenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Daniel Stolzenberg |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2013-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226924144 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226924149 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Egyptian Oedipus by : Daniel Stolzenberg
Book excerpt: Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Situating Kircher in the social world of baroque Rome, with its scholars, artists, patrons, and censors, he shows how Kircher's study of ancient paganism depended on the circulation of texts, artifacts, and people between Christian and Islamic civilisations.
