Del 1 i serien Time, Astronomy, and Calendars

Dating the Passion

The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200–1600)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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The beginnings of scientific chronology are usually associated with the work of the great Renaissance philologist Joseph Scaliger (1540–1609), but this perspective is challenged by the existence of a vivid pre-modern computistical tradition, in which technical chronological questions, especially regarding the life of Jesus, played an essential role. Christian scholars such as Roger Bacon made innovative breakthroughs in the field of historical dating by applying astronomical calculations, critical exegesis, and the study of the Jewish calendar to chronological problems. Drawing on a wide selection of sources that range from late antiquity to 1600, this book uses the history of the date of Christ’s Passion to shed new light on the medieval contribution to science and scholarship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-10-06
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt648 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTime, Astronomy, and Calendars
Antal sidor322
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004212190

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Chapter One: From Astronomy to the Crucifixion and BackChapter Two: The Origins of Computistical ChronographyChapter Three: The Crisis of Computistical Chronography in the Early Middle AgesChapter Four: All Coherence Restored? The Age of the Critical ComputistsChapter Five: New Foundations: Chronology and the Twelfth-Century RenaissanceChapter Six: A Science of Time: Roger Bacon and his SuccessorsChapter Seven: Time for Controversy: Catholic Chronologers and the Date of the Passion in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth CenturyChapter Eight: The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology