Mapping paradise : a history of heaven on earth / Alessandro Scafi.

Author/creator Scafi, Alessandro
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago, 2006.
Description398 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
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Contents Changing views on paradise on maps -- Paradise in the Bible -- Locating paradise in space -- Locating paradise in time -- Mapping paradise in space and time -- The heyday of paradise on maps -- Where is nowhere? -- The twilight of paradise on maps -- Paradise lost and found -- The afterlife of paradise on maps -- The eclipse of the theological Eden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and indexes.
LCCN 2005055973
ISBN0226735591 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226735597 (cloth : alk. paper)