Mapping paradise : a history of heaven on earth / Alessandro Scafi.
| Author/creator | Scafi, Alessandro |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago, 2006. |
| Description | 398 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2005055973 |
| ISBN | 0226735591 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226735597 (cloth : alk. paper) |