Jacob Böhme and His World

Bo Andersson, Fil. dr. (1986), Stockholm University, is Professor of German at Uppsala University. He has published monographs and many articles on 17th century German language, literature, and intellectual history, including Jacob Böhmes Denken in Bildern (Francke, 2007).Lucinda Martin, Ph.D. (2002), University of Texas, is Director of a German Research Council project on Jacob Böhme and the Philadelphian Society at the University of Erfurt. She is also the co-curator of a series of international exhibits on Böhme.Leigh T.I. Penman, Ph.D. (2009), University of Melbourne, is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland..Andrew Weeks, Ph.D. (1979), University of Illinois, is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Illinois State University and has published monographs on Paracelsus, Weigel, and Böhme, as well as translations of their writings. Contributors are: Bo Andersson, Urs Leo Gantenbein, Ines Haaser, Kristine Hannak, Ariel Hessayon, Tünde Beatrix Karnitscher, Lucinda Martin, Cecilia Muratori, Gerold Necker, Lutz Pannier, Leigh T.I. Penman, Andrew Weeks, Mike A. Zuber

• Abbreviations of Jacob Böhme’s Works List of Illustrations Contributors Introduction: Jacob Böhme and His World Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson 1 Jacob Böhme’s Writings in the Context of His World Andrew Weeks and Bo Andersson 2 The Rhetoric of Presence: Reflections on Jacob Böhme’s Writing Bo Andersson3 The City of Görlitz during Jacob Böhme’s Lifetime Ines Haaser (Anders)4 Jacob Böhme and His Networks Leigh T.I. Penman5 Martin Moller (1547–1606) and the “Crisis of Piety” of Jacob Böhme’s Time Lucinda Martin 6 Johann Arndt (1555–1621) and the “Crisis of Piety” of Jacob Böhme’s Time Kristine Hannak 7 The New Adam: Jacob Böhme and the Theology of Paracelsus (1493/94–1541) Urs Leo Gantenbein 8 “Out of Himself, to Himself”: The Kabbalah of Jacob Böhme Gerold Necker 9 Jacob Böhme, Johannes Staricius (ca. 1580–??), and the Culture of Dissent Andrew Weeks 10 The Science of the Stars in Jacob Böhme’s World Lutz Pannier 11 Jacob Böhme and Alchemy: A Transmutation in Three Stages Mike A. Zuber 12 “A Philosopher Does Not Stand Still”: Legacies and Receptions of the “Philosophus Teutonicus” Cecilia Muratori 13 Spiritualism and Cultures of Dissent: Johann Theodor von Tschesch (1595–1649) Interprets Jacob Böhme Tünde Beatrix Karnitscher 14 Jacob Böhme’s Foremost Seventeenth-Century English Translator: John Sparrow (1615–1670) of Essex Ariel Hessayon Concluding Bibliographical Remarks Lucinda Martin and Leigh T.I. Penman Index of Names Index of Places Index of Topics Index of Bible Quotations and References Index of Biblical Names

"The anthology represents an innovative compilation and addition to research on Jacob Böhme and makes an important contribution the history of philosophy and science." - N.M. Bauer, University of Innsbruck, in: Religious Studies Review Volume 43, Number 3 (September 2021)