Mapping paradise : a history of heaven on earth /
Alessandro Scafi.
- Chicago : University of Chicago, 2006.
- 398 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and indexes.
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.