Dating the Passion the Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200-1600)
Drawing on computistical and astronomical sources from late antiquity to the Renaissance, this book demonstrates how pre-modern Christian attempts to determine the principal dates of the life of Jesus played an essential role in the development of historical chronology.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL
2011.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31114234*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One From Astronomy to the Crucifixion and Back; Chapter Two The Origins of Computistical Chronography; Chapter Three The Crisis of Computistical Chronography in the Early Middle Ages; Chapter Four All Coherence Restored? The Age of the Critical Computists; Chapter Five New Foundations: Chronology and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance; Chapter Six A Science of Time: Roger Bacon and his Successors; Chapter Seven Time for Controversy: Catholic Chronologers and the Date of the Passion in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
- Chapter Eight The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific ChronologyAppendix Prominent Attempts to Date Christ's Birth and Death (200-1600); Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Names.
