Egyptian Oedipus

Egyptian Oedipus
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780226924144
ISBN-13 : 0226924149
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Book Synopsis Egyptian Oedipus by : Daniel Stolzenberg

Download or read book Egyptian Oedipus written by Daniel Stolzenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Situating Kircher in the social world of baroque Rome, with its scholars, artists, patrons, and censors, he shows how Kircher's study of ancient paganism depended on the circulation of texts, artifacts, and people between Christian and Islamic civilisations.


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