Knowledge and Profanation

Transgressing the Boundaries of Religion in Premodern Scholarship

AvMartin Mulsow,Asaph Ben-Tov

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Knowledge and Profanation offers numerous instances of profoundly religious polemicists profanizing other religions ad majorem gloriam Dei, as well as sincere adherents of their own religion, whose reflective scholarly undertakings were perceived as profanizing transgressions – occasionally with good reason. In the history of knowledge of religion and profanation unintended consequences often play a decisive role. Can too much knowledge of religion be harmful? Could the profanation of a foreign religion turn out to be a double-edged sword? How much profanating knowledge of other religions could be tolerated in a premodern world?In eleven contributions, internationally renowned scholars analyze cases of learned profanation, committed by scholars ranging from the Italian Renaissance to the early nineteenth century, as well as several antique predecessors.Contributors are: Asaph Ben-Tov, Ulrich Groetsch, Andreas Mahler, Karl Morrison, Martin Mulsow, Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Wolfgang Spickermann, Riccarda Suitner, John Woodbridge, Azzan Yadin, and Holger Zellentin.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-20
Mått:155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:715 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Intersections
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004398924

Utforska kategorier

Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historia: teori och metod inom Historia och arkeologi
Biblar inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Martin Mulsow is professor of intellectual history at the University of Erfurt and director of the Gotha Research Center. He is the author of Prekäres Wissen: Eine andere Ideengeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (Berlin: 2012) and Enlightenment Underground: Radical Germany, 1680-1720 (Charlottesville: 2015).Asaph Ben-Tov specializes in the Classical Tradition and Oriental studies in Early Modern Europe. He is the author of Lutheran Humanists and Greek Antiquity: Melanchthonian Scholarship between Universal History and Pedagogy (Leiden: 2009) and is co-editor of Knowledge and Religion in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Honor of Michael Heyd (Leiden: 2013).

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsNotes on the EditorsNotes on the ContributorsIiIntroductionMartin Mulsow and Asaph Ben-TovPart 1: The Sacred and the Profane in Art, Literature and Parody1 Lucian of Samosata on Magic and SuperstitionWolfgang Spickermann2 Rabbi Lazarus and the Rich Man: A Talmudic Parody of the Late Roman Hell (Yerushalmi Hagigah 2.2, 77d and Sanhedrin 6.9, 23c)Holger Zellentin3 Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti’s Call for Reform of Christian ArtKarl F. Morrison4 The Sacred Becomes Profane – The Profane Becomes Sacred: Observations on the Desubstantialisation of Religious Discourse in the Early Modern AgeAndreas MahlerPart 2: Early Modern European Knowledge about Pagan Religion5 The Seventeenth Century Confronts the Gods: Bishop Huet, Moses, and the Dangers of ComparisonMartin Mulsow6 The Eleusinian Mysteries in the Age of ReasonAsaph Ben-TovPart 3: Crossing the Boundaries in Biblical Scholarship: Ancient Preconditions and Early Modern Conflict7 Athens and Jerusalem? Early Jewish Biblical Scholarship and the Pagan WorldAzzan Yadin-Israel8 Richard Simon and the Charenton Bible Project: The Quest for ‘Perfect Neutrality’ in Interpreting ScriptureJohn Woodbridge9 The Devil in the Details: The Case of Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768)Ulrich GroetschPart 4: Scientific Knowledge and Religion10 Cry Me a Relic: The Holy Tear of Vendôme and Early Modern LipsanomachyAnthony Ossa-Richardson11 The Powerlessness of the Devil: Scientific Knowledge and Demonology in Clemente Baroni Cavalcabò (1726–1796)Riccarda SuitnerIndex Nominum