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Christus in natura

Quellen, Hermeneutik und Rezeption des Physiologus
  • Edited by: Zbyněk Kindschi Garský and Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Funded by: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Languages: German, English
Published/Copyright: 2020
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This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of nature using biblical and pagan sources and it has an extensive reception history throughout the medieval period. Its symbolic use of animals and plants, etc., has deeply influenced visual arts, literature, and heraldry, but this visual language often remains enigmatic. This book, going back to a project of the Swiss National Foundation (Das ‹Evangelium der Natur›. Der griechische Physiologus und die Wurzeln der frühchristlichen Naturdeutung) offers new insights into the origins and the interpretation of this symbolic language.

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Zbyněk Kindschi Garský and Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, University of Bern, Switzerland.


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Teil I: Einführung

Zbyněk Kindschi Garský and Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
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Horst Schneider
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Teil II: Griechisch-römische Antike

Herwig Görgemanns
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Beatrice Wyss
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Marco Stroppa
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Teil III: Alter Orient, Hebräische Bibel und Septuaginta

Silvia Schroer
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Thomas J. Kraus
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Teil IV: Neues Testament und (früh-)christliche Rezeption

Zbyněk Kindschi Garský
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Samuel Vollenweider
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Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
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Janet Spittler
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Katharina Heyden
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Teil V: Der Berner Physiologus

Florian Mittenhuber
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Christoph Eggenberger
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eBook published on:
November 5, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9783110494143
Hardcover published on:
November 5, 2019
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110494709
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
9
Main content:
253
Illustrations:
12
Coloured Illustrations:
38
Tables:
3
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